Open AccessSYMBOLIC IMAGE WITH NEGATIVE NUANCE OF ZODIAC ANIMALS BEING DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN KOREAN AND VIETNAMESE PROVERBS
Author(s) -
Hoang Yen,
Nguyễn Thùy Dương,
Do Phuong Thuy,
Hoang Thi Hai Anh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nghiên cứu nước ngoài
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-2445
DOI - 10.25073/2525-2445/vnufs.4708
Subject(s) - vietnamese , the symbolic , linguistics , psychology , philosophy , psychoanalysis
Symbolic images with negative nuance of domestic animals in proverbs is the result of symbolizing aesthetic materials with negative nuance. Vietnamese people and Korean people have many similarities in symbolizing negative features of zodiac animals being domestic animals into symbolic images with negative nuance. This is proved by 26 symbolic images with both partial and impartial homogeneity in terms of number and species of zodiac animals. The differences in the way of thinking and perceiving the world of Vietnamese and Korean people are also reflected in proverbial units of zodiac animals being domestic animals. The corpus of Korean language has 15 blanks, and the corpus of Vietnamese language has 3 blanks of zodiac animals, which are the materials to establish symbolic images with negative nuance in proverbs.