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Appreciation of humor in Hungarian anti-proverbs
Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 2007In this study we analyze the results of a sociolinguistic survey conducted in Hungary in 2005–2006. The main purpose of this study was to employ the methods of correlational and quantitative sociolinguistics to assess how age, sex and education influence appreciation of humor in anti-proverbs (also known as alterations, parodies, transformations ...
Boronkai, Dóra, Litovkina, Anna T.
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THE RECEPTION OF ANTI-PROVERBS IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AREA
2009The present study discusses the results of the HumAn (Humour & Anti-proverbs) project – a research conducted in three German-speaking countries – Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2008. The key element was to provide an insight into the reception of humour of German anti-proverbs (also known as alterations, parodies, transformations, variations ...
Varga, Melita Aleksa +2 more
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ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN ENGLISH PROVERBS AND ANTI-PROVERBS
The Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education, 2022The aim of this paper is to examine how specific attitudes that are expressed in English proverbs addressing the concepts of health and illness have changed over time and have evolved into variations known as anti-proverbs. An analysis of how the proverbs under scrutiny have been transformed into anti-proverbs as a result of the changes occurring in ...
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LEXICAL SUBSTITUTION IN ANTI-PROVERBS
European International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Management StudiesIn the modern world, the Russian language is experiencing rapid linguistic creativity. In the media, in various societies and especially in the Internet space, a variety of wordplay is widely used, unexpected new formations are used.
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Universality of proverbs and anti-proverbs in five languages
Translatologia Pannonica, 2012The concept of universality and universals is present on more than one level, when proverbs or anti-proverbs are taken under close examination. The papepr presents one aspect of multiple and thorough researches in terms of interculturality, linguistics, folklore studies and paremiology in Europe and abroad.
Aleksa Varga, Melita +1 more
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