Proverbs are part of the language of everyday speech, they cannot be studied outside of their relationship to society and language, the vocabulary of the proverbs is the surrounding area. The proverb carries a value and intellectual content and achieves and achieves them in content, and it shows the image of the social, intellectual and intellectual construction of the linguistic community.
Proverbs is a field of research that attracts various specializations, and it is considered a linguistic and cultural heritage that is relied upon to support sayings and ideas.
Among the first achievements in the study of Algerian and Moroccan proverbs is Ibn Shanab’s book, where its author collected common proverbs between the two countries, and these proverbs reflect an image of the language in circulation and the way of life at the time, and show the thinking of the Maghreb individual during that time period.
This intervention aims to introduce Ibn Shanab’s effort in developing his book, and the methodology he followed in classifying it, without neglecting the reference to the importance of this type of studies in the social and linguistic aspects.

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