COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BURYAT AND RUSSIAN PAREMIAS: CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECT

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to conduct a comparative analysis of Buryat and Russian paremias from the point of view of the cross-cultural aspect. In the course of comparative analysis the authors analyze 148 Proverbs of phraseological Buryat-Russian dictionary, W. R. Tsydenzhapov about 140 Proverbs from the book “Russian folk riddles, proverbs, sayings”, edited by Yu. G. Kruglov. As a result of the analysis, the Buryat paremiological units are classified into 4 groups: paremia that completely coincide in two languages; paremia that partially coincide in form and completely-in meaning; paremias that match only in meaning; Buryat paremias that have no analogues in the Russian language. In the course of further analysis, the paremias of the third group are divided into 5 groups on a thematic basis. As a result of the analysis of thematic groups, the authors of the article identified and described the cross-cultural aspect of religion, tea tradition, Buryat national food, and national philosophy.