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A Proverb Learned is a Proverb Earned: Proverb Instruction in EFL Classrooms [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019 This study aims to reveal the situation about proverb instruction in EFL classrooms by seeking future English teachers’ opinions. It is based on the argument that proverbs are an important part of cultural references, figurative, functional and formulaic
Nilüfer Can Daşkın, Çiler Hatipoğlu
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Planning Argumentative Texts [PDF]
arXiv, 1994 This paper presents \proverb\, a text planner for argumentative texts. \proverb\'s main feature is that it combines global hierarchical planning and unplanned organization of text with respect to local derivation relations in a complementary way.
Huang, Xiaorong
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A proverb in need is a proverb indeed: Proverbs, textbooks and communicative language ability [PDF]
South African Journal of Education, 2020 In the study reported here we focus on proverbs in English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks and how the pithy structure and the “wisdom”-loaded content of proverbs can contribute to the development of foreign language learners’ communicative ...
Çiler Hatipoğlu, Nilüfer Can Daşkın
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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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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
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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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Meaning and Function of Local Wisdom in the Proverb (Limbaga) Simalungun
, 2020 Aims to describe the meaning and function of local wisdom contained in proverbs or called limbaga Simalungun. The meaning and function of local wisdom is a general guideline or principle adopted by every member of society, especially in attitude and ...
Asriaty R. Purba +2 more
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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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Amtsal Kiamat Menurut Penafsiran Al-Zamakhsyari
Lathaif, 2022 Al-Zamakshyari interprets the verses of the apocalypse verses using the tahlili method, which is indicated by language analysis indicators or balaghah which are quite focused and detailed when explaining the editorial of certain verses.
Sufri Fahmi, Risman Bustamam
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Openness, Closure, and Transformation in Proverb Translation
, 2020 Proverbs are characteristically open to multiple interpretations. This is problematic for the translator: (how) should she convey this “openness” in translation?
Suzanna R. Millar
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