Proverbs and diplomatic discourse: an example of teaching application
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to highlight paremiological data in a particular didactic situation; that is, the teaching of a foreign language for training in political science. In this type of course, we put aside paremiology per se, though we use phraseology and, in particular, specialised phraseology. At the same time, knowing that proverbs, as well as other proverbial forms (aphorisms, maxims, legal sayings), represent an excellent linguistic and cultural knowledge source even for future political scientists and future diplomats, I have put together, in Italy, for a French as a foreign language course for a Master 2 in International Relations, a programme that I have repeated with different groups of students. I present and comment here on this “paremiodidactic” case study, concluding with some thoughts on the presence (or rather absence) of the proverb in diplomatic discourse.
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