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“Make love, not war…Get married and do both”: Negative aspects of marriage in anti-proverbs and wellerisms

open access: yesThe 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
doaj   +1 more source

The proverb in three works of Laurence Sterne A sentimental journey, a journal to Eliza, and a political romance: a compilation and commentary [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The present thesis deals with proverbial usage in A Sentimental Journey, A Journal to Eliza, and A Political Romance. It consists of three compilations of proverbs, three commentaries, and a listing of the proverbial expressions cited in each work.
Nassar, Noha Saad, Nassar, N.S.
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Corpus linguistic exploration of modern proverb use and proverb patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In my talk, I present an empirical approach to detecting and describing proverbs as frozen sentences with specific functions in current language use. We have developed this approach in the EU project ‘SprichWort’ (based on the German Reference Corpus ...
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KDM7A and KDM1A inhibition suppresses tumour promoting pathways in prostate cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Treatment resistance is a major challenge for patients with advanced prostate cancer. This study examined an alternative approach to target the major prostate cancer‐promoting pathway by targeting epigenetic factors, whose levels are higher in tumours.
Jennie N Jeyapalan   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANTI-PROVERB AS A TYPE OF INTERTEXTUAL JOKE1

open access: yesHUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2018
Intertextuality is one of the most complicated disciplines of literary studies, which a large number of theorists have attempted to define; still, the definitions greatly differ from each other in terms of their focal points. Whilst some scholars such as Rifaterre (1994) and Barthes (2001) emphasize the role of readers and reading process in the ...
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“WORD GAMES: SCRABBLE WITH THOUGHTS” (“WORTSPIELE: SCRABBLE MIT GEDANKEN”)

open access: yesProverbium, 2021
Hans-Jürgen Quadbeck-Seeger (1939) has had an illustrious career as a professor of Chemistry and as a major figure in German industry. Since 1988 he has published several books of aphorisms, his latest being Aphonitionen: Aphoristische Definitionen ...
Wolfgang Mieder
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PAK1 activation drives divergent resistance mechanisms to aromatase inhibition and tamoxifen in a luminal: A breast cancer model

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Breast cancer remains a major cause of cancer death in women, frequently developing endocrine therapy resistance. This study demonstrates that upregulated p21‐activated kinase 1 (PAK1) activity drives resistance to tamoxifen and long‐term estrogen deprivation in ER+ breast cancer models.
Luisa Schwarzmüller   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Täägin, järelikult olen olemas. Paröömiline pilguheit Tartu grafitile [PDF]

open access: yesMäetagused, 2013
The article observes the paremic (proverbial-phraseological) element in public space in Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. The author concentrates on dynamic spaces which are freely accessible to all, without any limitations (incl.
Piret Voolaid
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Proverbs, Anti-Proverbs and Language Learning

open access: yesStudies in English Language Teaching, 2017
<p class="Abstract"><em>Proverbs express public wisdom and reflect public attitudes. In the traditional definition they are untouchable when it comes to form. Like other idiomatic expressions, they are learnt as whole, indivisible chunks. As such, they should be included in language classes, if a native-like mastery is to be achieved since ...
Sana’ Ababneh   +1 more
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Pharmacological chromatin remodeling enhances response to estrogen therapy in ER+ breast cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Estrogen therapy elicits clinical benefit in ~ 30% of patients with endocrine‐resistant estrogen receptor (ER)‐positive breast cancer. Based on findings that ER transcriptional activation underlies response to estrogen therapy, we tested the effects of epigenetic dysregulation via pharmacological inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACi).
Anneka L. Johnson Thomas   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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