TY - JOUR T1 - Corpus Linguistics in Proverbs and Sayings Study: Evidence from Different Languages AU - Khakimzyanova, Diana Faridovna AU - Shamsutdinova, Enzhe Kharisovna JO - The Social Sciences VL - 11 IS - 15 SP - 3770 EP - 3773 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2016.3770.3773 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.3770.3773 KW - Proverbs KW -sayings KW -corpus linguistics KW -corpus approach to proverbs KW -Russia AB - The study overviews state of the art corpus based approaches to investigation of proverbs and sayings carried out by scholars all over the world. Various corpora provide a broad empirical basis for studying the usage of proverbs and for evaluation of constraints and preferences associated with specific vocabulary. Corpus-based approach provides an opportunity to gain valuable insight about the distribution of proverbs and their role in a language community. The most essential advantage of applying corpora in linguistic researches is its reliable empirical basis, constant updating and availability of proof of using a lexical unit in different meanings from a multiple number of sources of different genres. ER -