SPECIFIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK PROVERBS CONTAINING SIMILE
Abstract
This paper discloses the specific features of simile in proverbial contents of the English and Uzbek languages. Simile is frequently used in oral speech and fiction as one of the stylistic devices. Besides, it is also often faced in proverbs in both languages. Furthermore, proverbs including simile are analysed with the examples in English and Uzbek in this work.
Keywords
stylistics, stylistic device, simile, proverb, paremiologyHow to Cite
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