Volume 8 · Issue 3 · September 2021
Proverbs, A syntax-pragmatics perspective
Sherko Hama Amin Qadir
There is a lack of studies in folklore genre in terms of linguistics, and the field has been underestimated. From this perspective, this study entitled (Proverbs in terms of syntax and pragmatics) is done. The study consists of two parts and descriptive method is applied. The first part of the study focuses on proverbs, their features and comparison with some other folkloric genres. The second part of the study is the practical part that discuss the forms of the Kurdish proverbs and their sentence structure. Then, the pragmatic signs and their task in the proverbs are argued with examples. Finally, the results, the references and the abstract are shown.
