A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROVERBS EXPRESSING THE CONCEPTUAL OPPOSITION 'INTELLIGENCE/STUPIDITY' IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN
Abstract
Systematic research into the linguistic objectification of fundamental concepts from a linguocultural perspective represents a significant direction in contemporary linguistics. Analyzing the verbalization of universal concepts and conceptual oppositions that embody key elements of the human worldview—such as 'body,' 'life,' 'time,' 'space,' 'husband/wife,' 'intelligence/stupidity,' and others—is particularly intriguing, as their verbalizers are among the most culturally significant.
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