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Punning in Hungarian anti-proverbs
European Journal of Humour Research, 2013 Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation. Wolfgang Mieder has coined the term “Antisprichwort” (anti-proverb) for such deliberate proverb innovations.
Vargha, Katalin, T. Litovkina, Anna
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„Sprache macht den Freigang der Gedanken möglich“. Zu den sprichwörtlichen Aphorismen von Franz Hodjak [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in WrocławThe author Franz Hodjak, born on September 27, 1944 in Romania and living in Germany since October 19, 1992, has become known through his poems and novels.
Wolfgang Mieder
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MAN AND WOMAN IN THE ENGLISH ANTI-PROVERBS [PDF]
Philology. Theory & Practice, 2019 The purpose of the article is to analyse the representation of gender relations in the English anti-proverbs against the background of their proverbial representation. As a result of the research, the presentation of gender relations as unequal ones, the displacement of the vector of gender inequality towards the man and the intensification of the ...
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The visual representations of a Biblical proverb and its modifications in the Internet space
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020 Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation.
Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt +3 more
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TOWARDS A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SUBSTITUTION IN ANGLO-AMERICAN ANTI-PROVERBS ABOUT MONEY
ProverbiumThe recent study is to be seen as a continuation of the author's previous research (conducted alone or with co-authors) which is concerned with the study of various techniques of proverb transformation.
Anna T. Litovkina
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Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2023 The present paper, adopting some of the tools offered by Cognitive Linguistics, namely the mechanisms of conceptual metaphor and metonymy, is a qualitative study of a sociolinguistic nature.
Kochman-Haładyj Bożena +1 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 There is a Chinese proverb which states “Where there are Shaxian Snacks, there are generally Lanzhou Ramen nearby”. This proverb reflects the characteristics of spatial clustering in the catering industry.
Yan Zhou +4 more
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“The best things in life are fee.” Some aspects of punning in Anglo-American anti-proverbs
The European Journal of Humour ResearchFor centuries, proverbs have provided a framework for endless transformation. In recent decades, proverb modification has taken such proportions that sometimes we can even meet more proverb transformations than traditional proverbs.
Anna T. Litovkina
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017 In the present study I am going to explore negative aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American anti-proverbs (i.e., deliberate proverb innovations (also known as alterations, parodies ...
Anna T. Litovkina
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