BEYOND AND ACROSS SCIENCES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF PLANT- RELATED PROVERBS
MORĂRAŞU NADIA NICOLETA(1), PRISECARU MARIA(2)
1. “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, 8 Spiru Haret, Bacau, Romania,
e-mail: n.morarasu@yahoo.com
2. University „Vasile Alecsandri” Bacau, Faculty of Biology, Marasesti Street, no. 157, Bacau, Romania,
e-mail: prisecaru_maria@yahoo.com;
Abstract
In this paper, we provide a survey of some plant-related proverbs that focuses on the reflection of mental patterns based on which proverbs are created in English and Romanian. The analysis of a selection of proverbs is made from a comparative perspective, by signalling the common aspects of the two languages and rendering their specific characteristics. To this purpose, we have used as a model Savin’s Romanian Phraseological Dictionary, in which the main criterion of organisation of the lexicographical items is the image created by Romanian food expressions.