Friends and friendship in proverbs

Vol.66,No.1(2018)

František Čermák

https://doi.org/10.5817/LB2018-1-7

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/138235

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Abstract

Friend is a familiar notion, existing probably in any language and culture. Yet it is far from clear what it exactly means, especially in human life. The many aspects it is related to offer many ways how to approach the topic. Out of these, by a random choice, one might select, as a starting point, old Roman There is no life without friendship, opening the scene of friends and friendship which seems so rich, and yet, knowing from our own personal experience and life, is in fact far from being rich. This contribution is mapping various aspects of friend-friendship relationship in various languages.

Keywords:
friend; friendship; proverbs

Pages:
73–85

References

Bray, Alan. 2006. The Friend. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. 1923. De amicitia. Sbírka překladů klasiků řeckých a římských, 1923, Dr. J. Schubert: Praha.

Čermák, František. 2013. Základní slovník českých přísloví. NLN: Praha (A Basic Dictionary of the Czech Proverbs).

Davies Mark – Gardner, Dee. 2010. A frequency dictionary of contemporary American English: Word Sketches, Collocates and Thematic Lists (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries). London et al.: Routledge.

Lepp, Ignace. 1966. The Ways of Friendship. New York: The Macmillan Company.

Simpson, John – Speake, Jennifer. 2015. Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. 6th edition. Oxford U. P.: Oxford.

Stone, Jon R. 2006. Routledge Dictionary of World Proverbs. London – New York: Routledge.

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