The expressive values of idioms and proverbs in Pacoh (Based on a language corpus collected in A Lưới district, Thừa Thiên Huế province)

Abstract

The cultural space of survival as well as the traditions and cultural practices of the Pa Co people have been expressed in a specific and vivid way through the system of idioms and proverbs. Based on a corpus  of 400 idiomatic and proverbial units collected in Pa Co language in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province, the article analyzes and describes the expressive values of the idioms and proverbs to highlight the material and spiritual life of the Pa Co people in this area.