The article deals with the linguistic research of the Tatar language proverbs. The paper shows that the Tatar proverbs are characterized by contrast, which is expressed with an antithesis. The overview of the forms and methods of the antitheses formation is performed. Basing on the analysis of linguistic facts, the antithetic images of the Tatar proverbs are highlighted and illustrated with examples. The range of applying the research results is quite wide: from the further scientific research of literary means in the language of the oral folk creativity of the Tatar people to the reflection of the ethnolinguistic worldview of the ethnic group by the example of folklore.
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