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LinguisticaFrom a methodological and folkloristic perspective, the article explores attitudes toward older people and aging in Slovene and Estonian proverbs based on archival paremiological material collected from the second half of the 19th century to the present day. Various aspects of old age and ageing are also reflected in the rich tradition of proverbs.
Babič, Saša, Voolaid, Piret
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ProverbiumThis paper explores Persian and American embodiment proverbs including at least two main sensory body organs in each proverb. The aim of this research was to examine the frequency, framing, speech act functions, and figurative parts of proverbs related ...
Arezoo Sharifrad
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An Analysis of Humor in English Anti-proverbs: A Script-based Semantic Approach [PDF]
Mağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb Bi-QināIn paremiology, anti-proverbs are formed by transforming and twisting traditional proverbs to create humorous effects. The main purpose of creating anti-proverbs is to produce humor; therefore, the major of this study is to analyze humor in anti-proverbs.
Ahamd Farouk Zidan +1 more
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Legon Journal of the Humanities, 2019 Gender-related Spanish proverbs are often reflections of what Swim, Aikin, Hall and Hunter (1995) identify as Old-Fashioned Sexism which make these proverbs appear outdated. Using questionnaires designed based on both the Modern Sexism and Old-Fashioned
Benedicta Adokarley Lomotey
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Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2022 The paper highlights correlation of mental structures and their linguistic content in the comparative proverbs in Swedish and Russian that verbalize the opposition of "us vs them".
Elena Zinovieva, Alexej Alyoshin
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020 In the present book, the authors deal not only with traditional, well-known proverbs, but mostly with their modified versions, anti-proverbs. Anti-proverbs permeate all aspects of our lives and appear in a broad range of generic contexts.
Daniel Many
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A Contrastive Examination of Characterization of Fathers in Egyptian and English Proverbs: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach [PDF]
Transcultural Journal of Humanities and Social SciencesProverbs are celebrated for their analytic accuracy, and their richness echoes human history; hence, they are eligible to receive narrative treatment.
Manar El_wahsh
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Spreuke 9: struktuur en funksie
In die Skriflig, 2006 Proverbs 9: structure and function This article focuses on Proverbs 9 – a chapter that concludes the introductory section of the book of Proverbs. It is indicated that the chiastic structure that can be discerned in this chapter fulfils an important ...
H. J.M. (Hans) van Deventer
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Imagery in Hebrew Proverbs: A Selected Collection [PDF]
دراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها, 2018 Proverbs are considered a literary and artistic work. This is the reason major books were written about the process of collecting and explaining the origin of proverbs. Proverbs have eloquent designs and narrate highly applicable human experience.
Waheed Safeyeh
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Fon-Sprichwörter aus Benin über Weiße. Ein Forschungsbericht [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in WrocławBeyond the fact that oral literature is poetry, it is the reflection of the society from which it comes or in which it originates. It is place-based and reflects, among other things, the psychology and mentality of its place of origin. In collecting West
Sewanou Jupiter Martial Lanmadousselo
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