Comparative Analysis of English and Indonesian Proverbs: Revealing Cultural Significances & Values

10.2478/bjlp-2023-0000013

Abstract

This study aims to find the of similarities and differences between English and Indonesian proverbs as well as to reveal the cultural significances and values of these two languages. This research conducts a descriptive qualitative.The data collection procedure is simak and catat (read and write) and this research applies padan (identity) method and in which the instrument is each language’s cultural values. This study employs the theory of proverb and the theory of cultural values and cultural significance. The findings show that both English and Indonesian proverb have different in style of sentence but they are equivalent in meaning and cultural significance and values. This study reveals that both English and Indonesian as languages that are separated by continent and the length of time of development of the language but they are sharing equivalent cultural values and significance that is a prove the moral values are universal.