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Proverb is one of the most known feature to investigate of eco-culture for every native. Kurdish people one of the most vast of iranian people which it's culture so enrich to cultural studies. Ilam one of the kurdish city which has very important features to studing in this field. Kurdish language is of different dialects, however it is of some commonalities from the view point of proverbs. This study wants to investigate Kurdish proverbs rhetorically via a descriptive study to find that these proverbs are of imaginative power or not and which one of literary devices are of more frequency. By investigating ilami-kurdi proverbs the study found that proverbs are of high rhetoric power and this is because of imaginative power of speakers. The deep structure of most of proverbs are based on simile. The study also found that the prerequisite to the understanding of some literary devices like symbol is familiarity with cultural norms.
Article Type:
Research Paper |
Subject:
Languages and Dialects Public Received: 2013/10/21 | Accepted: 2013/11/25 | Published: 2014/05/22