英汉谚语的教育功能探析

An Analysis on the Educational Functions of E/C Proverbs

谚语的主要语言功能以及其丰富的语料来源和鲜明的语言特色是它能够发挥教育作用的理论和现实依据。谚语的教育功能主要体现在德育和智育两个方面。前者集中体现在爱国、亲情、金钱、人际等方面的教育意义上;后者能够培养创新思维和科学方法,还能够传播科学知识。

The educational functions of proverbs are formed on theoretical basis and practical basis. The former lies in ideational function, the major linguistic function of proverbs, the lager includes the rich origin, the beauty in sound, the conciseness in form, and the descriptive and expressive ability of proverbs. The educational functions of proverbs mainly come into two parts： moral education and intelligence education.