SYMBOLIC IMAGE WITH NEGATIVE NUANCE OF ZODIAC ANIMALS BEING DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN KOREAN AND VIETNAMESE PROVERBS

  • Hoang Thi Yen Faculty of Korean Language and Culture, VNU University of Languages and International Studies
  • Nguyen Thuy Duong Faculty of Korean Language and Culture, VNU University of Languages and International Studies
  • Do Phuong Thuy Faculty of Korean Language and Culture, VNU University of Languages and International Studies
  • Hoang Thi Hai Anh Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ha Long University
Keywords: symbolic image, negative nuance, zodiac animals, domestic animals, Korean proverb

Abstract

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.

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Published
2021-04-30
Issue
Vol. 37 No. 2 (2021)
Section
RESEARCH