THE SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF LANGUAGE SYSTEM AND LANGUAGE USAGE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. GERMAN AND ROMANIAN PROVERBS
THE SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF LANGUAGE SYSTEM AND LANGUAGE USAGE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. GERMAN AND ROMANIAN PROVERBS
Author(s): Maria MuscanSubject(s): Foreign languages learning, Language acquisition, Phraseology
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: contrastive linguistics; foreign language acquisition; proverb translation; German as a foreign language; proverb ecquivalence;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to describe aspects of social implication of language system and usage in the process of language acquisition. The author has observed that students tend to translate whole phrases when learning a foreign language. In the case of proverbs this can be an obstacle due to false friends in the lexical and syntactical constellation and of their context. Based on linguistic description of interference and equivalence the paper offers a contrastive view on German and Romanian proverbs giving also some exercise suggestions for learners.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 235-242
- Page Count: 8
- Language: German