Paroemias Characterizing Social Relations in the Intercultural Communication of Native Speakers of Russian, English, and Arabic

Aim. To analyze and study the stereotypes of thinking of a certain people, by studying the conceptual core of a certain language according to its paremic units, and also to compare the paremic units of different cultures to identify possible similarities and differences in their thinking stereotypes.

Methodology. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to analyze the research on the concepts of intercultural communication, the paremic unit and the paremic worldview; to study the features of the paremic worldview of Arabic, English and Russian speakers based on selected proverbs characterizing social relations; to identify the similarities and differences between the paremic worldview of Arabic, English and Russian speakers. First of all, the analysis of theoretical and methodological literature was carried out. The paremic units were selected by controlled selection in accordance with the indicated thematic groups, then a comparative analysis of equivalent paremic expressions of the three languages was carried out, which became the key method. Then, based on the linguistic and cultural analysis of the vocabulary of the selected paroemias, the peculiarities of the paremic worldview of speakers of Arabic, English and Russian languages were revealed.

Results. The necessity of studying the paremic units of foreign languages in order to avoid communicative difficulties in the process of intercultural communication is proved. The relevance of comparing the paremic worldview of speakers of different languages in general and individual paremic expressions in particular is substantiated.

Research implications. The study reveals a possibility to use the results obtained to improve the process of intercultural communication, and in addition, they can be used in translation studies for the correct translation of paremic units into different languages. 

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