The phonetic phenomena in the proverbs and phraseological units in the Azerbaijani, russian and english languages
Keywords:
phraseological unit, proverb, alliteration, assonance, rhythm, rhyme, inversion, parallelism, ellipsisAbstract
This article deals with the phonetic phenomena found in the proverbs and phraseological units in the languages of different systems. The phonetic features which are frequently used in these phrases are reviewed. The phonetic phenomena, such as alliteration and assonance are explained. The examples from the Azerbaijani, English and Russian languages prove the author's arguments. Another phonetic phenomenon, assonance is used to describe similarities in the compared languages. In addition, the article also deals with the paronyms, which are more commonly used in proverbs and phraseology, as a phonetic phenomenon. The examples of the interesting sound game created by the words of the different roots, different meanings and different parts of speech are given in such texts. The repetition used in these texts is another phonetic phenomenon. The author shows that repetition helps to increase the expressiveness of phraseological units in the languages of different system. Rhythm makes phraseological units more fluid and memorable. Rhyme is widely used in phraseological units and proverbs in the Azerbaijani, English and Russian languages.