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Punning in Hungarian anti-proverbs [PDF]

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2014
Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as  satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation.
Katalin Vargha, Anna T. Litovkina
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THE NATURE OF WOMEN AS REVEALED THROUGH ANGLO-AMERICAN ANTI-PROVERBS [PDF]

open access: yesProverbium, 2011
For centuries, proverbs have provided a framework for endless transformation. In the last few decades they have been perverted and parodied so extensively that their variations have been sometimes heard more often than their original forms.
Anna T. Litovkina
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Proverbs, Anti-Proverbs and Language Learning [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in English Language Teaching, 2017
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.
Ababneh, Sana’   +1 more
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Androcentrism of English proverbs and Anti-Proverbs with Gender Components

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2018
Since the 20th century with the birth of feminism, gender studies have undergone analysis in many areas of knowledge. Special attention has been paid to the theory of androcentricity in the English language and the deficiency of female images in speech ...
Maria Kirsanova
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Challenging the Wisdom of Proverbs in Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages [PDF]

open access: yesNew Horizons in English Studies
Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages: Structural Features and Verbal Humor Devicesauthored by Anna T. Litovkina and her colleagues, is the latest contribution to the academic discourse on the intriguing topic of anti-proverbs.
Hegedűs, Dániel   +1 more
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Mechanisms of Intentional Adaptation in the Creation of Anti-Proverbs

open access: yesNalans, 2021
This article deals with the mechanism of intentional adaptation, which is a modern way of creating Turkish anti-proverbs. Anti-proverbs are created through with the influence of social media, popular lines/cues from TV series or popular life situations ...
Öznur Usta Tuzcu
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Reseña del libro “Women Through Anti-Proverbs”

open access: yesAsparkía, 2019
Women Through Anti-Proverbs de Anna T. Litovkina es una valiosa contribución a los estudios de género al alertarnos sobre cómo el lenguaje reitera desigualdades, en este caso, a través de frases hechas que perpetúan los dictados culturales de género de ...
Patricia Álvarez Sánchez
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Немецкие паремии в современных российских и украинских интернет‑сми [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Slavica, 2022
The paper explores features of the functioning of German paremias in the texts of modern Russian and Ukrainian online media. The study is based on the broad interpretation of paremia proposed by modern paremiologists, according to which it includes not ...
Elena Tomášková
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#Dzieciirybymajągłos. Językowe gry przysłowiowe w hashtagach [PDF]

open access: yesJęzyk. Religia. Tożsamość, 2023
The article is part of two research trends: the role of anti-proverbs in e-texts and the evolution of the structure and role of hashtags. The author reviews the methods of modifying the established form of proverbs used in hashtags, illustrates with ...
Agnieszka A. Niekrewicz
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Book Reviews [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Obra ressenyada: Barna GÁBOR, Anti-proverbs. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica.
Pamies, Antonio
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