Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 5

The use of superstitions in English Folklore

1Lecturer, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Email id: maftunaih@mail.ru

Online Published on 30 June, 2022.

Abstract

Learning a language is not only about linguistic factors of a language, it is but also about learning about cultural background, expressions and beliefs. This article focuses on superstitious beliefs and analysis of them according to their use in English folklore. Collecting superstitions of English speaking countries and their use in folklore are defined as the main purpose of the article. Studying this topic field has caught our attention due to its interesting background with various samples and examples.

Keywords

Superstition, Literal Superstitions, Linguaculturology, Cognitive Perspective, Superstitious People, Pharmakon