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ENGLISH ANTI-PROVERBS AS STYLISTIC DEVICES

Language and Literacy SectionS. Conference Proceedings, 2022
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A Woman’s Nature as Represented in Anglo-American Anti-Proverbs

2018
This chapter explores woman’s nature as represented in Anglo-American anti-proverbs, and discusses various stereotypical traits of women. The chapter begins with the exaggerated importance placed on women’s appearance and vanity, and their obsession with their age, sex appeal, and weight.
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Usage of Anglo-American Anti-Proverbs in Economic Discourse

European Proceedings of Educational Sciences, 2022
Dzhamilya M. Khuchbarova, Alla G. Sokolova, Magomed I. Magomedov   +2 more
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Further Humor Devices as Used in Anti-Proverbs

2021
Anna T. Litovkina, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Péter Barta, Katalin Vargha, Wolfgang Mieder   +4 more
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The Comparative Study of Anti-Proverbs: An Introduction

2021
Anna T. Litovkina, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Péter Barta, Katalin Vargha, Wolfgang Mieder   +4 more
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How (not?) to quote a proverb: The role of figurative quotations and allusions in political discourse

Journal of Pragmatics, 2020
Andreas Musolff
exaly  

Proverb is as proverb does: A preliminary analysis of a survey on the use of hungarian proverbs and anti-proverbs

Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 2007
Katalin Vargha, Anna Litovkina
exaly  

Anti-Proverbs

2018
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15 Anti-proverbs

2015
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Adequate proverb interpretation is associated with performance on the Independent Living Scales

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 2015
L Stephen Miller
exaly