Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2019), pp. 105-132 (28 pages) This paper argues that the use of proverbs in translating the Bible into mother-tongues constitutes an essential ...

You know more of the Bible than you think you do, I often remark to my students. Phrases such as “As a dog returns to its own vomit” or “spare the rod and spoil the child” are well-known in English as ...

The development of children's ability to translate figurative speech was studied, using sentences containing metaphors, dual function words, and proverbs, as presented in classroom workbooks. One ...

Improves communication skills: Proverbs can improve communication skills. Enhances cultural understanding: Understanding these phrases will help you bring your loser to your cultural values and ...

A proverb is a well-known phrase that gives advice or says something that is generally true. Proverbs are fixed groups of words so you can't change the wording of a proverb. For example you can say ...

Wales – the land of song and poetry and it seems that we are also the land of wisdom and wit. Our language over the years has created so many different sayings and proverbs – some you may recognise, ...

THIS book is intended to serve two distinct objects: to serve as a chrestomathy of the Hausa language, and as a collection of the local folk-lore and custom. It contains a series of lithographed Háusa ...