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On English proverb variation from the perspective of linguistic creativity

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Proverbs are usually regarded as structurally fixed expressions. However, in daily communication, language users often change them to suit their communicative purposes in many ways, resulting in proverb variations.
Jianhao Wu, Wanting Zhou, Bin Shao
exaly   +3 more sources

PROVERB IS AS PROVERB DOES

Proverbium, 2013
This article examines the phenomenon of the movie catchphrase, arguing that many of these memorable, repeatable items draw both their form and their meaning from the proverb tradition. It particularly examines the movie Forrest Gump (1994), which coined
Stephen D. Winick
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A created proverb in a novel becomes broadly used in society: “'Easily in but not easily out', as the lobster said in his lobster pot.”

Crossroads A Journal of English Studies, 2014
C.S. Lewis created several proverbs in his novel The Horse and His Boy. One of these has now become broadly used in English-speaking society. This article cites evidence that this new proverb is now being used in novels, poetry, short stories, blogs, and
Peter Unseth
exaly   +3 more sources

Analisis Fungsi Sintaksis dan Nilai di Dalam Pepatah Bahasa Indonesia

Humanis, 2022
This study discusses syntactic functions, cultural values and national character in Indonesian proverbs. Problems discussed in  study (1) what is form of Indonesian proverb.
Epril Linia Br Ginting, I Made Madia, I G.A.A. Mas Triadnyani   +2 more
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„ANDERE LÄNDER, ANDERE SITTEN“

Proverbium, 2023
Apart from their status as a cultural heritage that remains relevant at all times, some German proverbs also have comparable messages to Indonesian proverbs.
Aditya Rikfanto
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Al-Imsal al-Arabiyah Fununuha wa ilwanuha

Buletin Al-Turas, 2018
The proverb in Arabic Literature study consisted of five kinds: proverb of wisdom (al-Amsal Hikamiyah), Proverb of history (al-Amsal al-Tarikhiyah), Proverb of the nation (al-Amsal al-Syababiyah), Proverb of mistic (al-Amsal al-Fukahiyah). These proverbs
Yaniah Wardani
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Ordsprog og idiomer

Hermes, 2006
In this article, I focus on the difference between proverbs and idioms which derive from proverbs. Both proverbs and idioms are hard to defi ne, as it is also difficult to categorize a specific expression being either a proverb or an idiom.
Masako Suzuki
doaj   +1 more source

L’amic, prova’l primer ans que l’hages menester: Fonts clàssiques d’un refrany català inclòs en la Paremiologia catalana comparada de Sebastià Farnés

Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2016
This paper aims to investigate the Classical proverbs listed as equivalents to the Catalan proverb L’amic, prova’l primer ans que l’hages menester by Sebastià Farnés in his volume entitled Paremiologia catalana comparada.
Xavier Pascual-López
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The World’s Oldest Living Proverb Discovered Thriving in Ethiopia

Aethiopica, 2019
The world’s oldest living proverb, from around 3,800 years ago, is found on a tablet from the Assyrian empire. The proverb has been documented from later eras, northwest from the Middle East up into Europe, as far northwest as Britain.
Peter Unseth
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A Discourse -Structural Analysis of Yorùbá Proverbs in Interaction

Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 2016
The subject of the proverb especially in the African context has been diversely explored by studies as Yankah (1989), Obeng (1996), Owomoyela (2005) and Fasiku (2006), this study however attempts a discourse and structural analysis of Yorùbá proverbs ...
Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni
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