CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF PROVERBS IN INDONESIAN AND ENGLISH: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTIC STUDY

Abstract

This research aims at (1)finding the similarities and differences of Indonesian and English proverbs,(2) explaining the cultural background for such similarities and differences.This research was descriptive qualitative. The data collection method was simak and catat (read and write) Meanwhile, the data analysis method was padan (identy) whose determining instrument was each language’s culture. The finding shows that to express the same underlying meaning, both languages use proverbs whose literal meanings are sometimes different and sometimes the same. This relates to the cultures of the two languages. Some parts of the cultures are different; some are the same.