Cross-cultural comparisons of ideas about parent-child relationships: based on English, Russian and Azerbaijani proverbs

this article is devoted to a comparative cross-cultural analysis of proverbs and sayings (paremias) that reflect parent-child relationships in the English, Russian and Azerbaijani languages . Based on a comparative analysis of proverbs about children and parents, similar (universal) and different groups are identified. A comparative cultural semantic classification of the studied proverbs is provided. The Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages belong to different language groups and families, which explains the uniqueness of this study. Analysis of the language material, which consists of more than 300 paremiological units, allowed us to identify the universal nature of the national linguistic consciousness of three peoples and the ethnic uniqueness of the linguistic expression of their worldviews through the paremiological fund.

paremia, comparative analysis, the Russian language, the Azerbaijani language, the English language, intercultural communication, parent-child relationships, proverbs and sayings, linguacultural studies, value orientations