A Pragmalinguistic Approach to the Study of Paroemias in the Russian and German Languages
This article describes the main results of a multilevel comparative analysis of folk sayings expressing advice. The analysis has been carried out using the method of communicative-pragmatic frames. Universal and specific features of the linguistic expression of the intention of advice in Russian and German paroemias have been determined. The degree of correlation between the illocutionary power of the speech act of advice and its propositional content has been revealed.