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Pragmatic Functions of Crisis - Motivated Proverbs in Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not to Blame [PDF]
, 2008 The paper examines the pragmatic functions that crisis-motivated proverbs play in Ola Rotimi's The Gods is not to Blame. It picks its inspiration from the little attention hitherto paid, in the linguistic literature, to both the specific proverbs that ...
Акин Одебунми
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Anne W. Stewart. Poetic Ethics in Proverbs: Wisdom Literature and the Shaping of the Moral Self. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 247 pp. [PDF]
, 2017 A review of Stewart, Poetic Ethics in Proverbs: Wisdom Literature and the Shaping of the Moral Self (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ...
Jacqueline Vayntrub
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JAVANESE VIEW ON EDUCATION: AN ETNOLINGUISTIC STUDY [PDF]
, 2013 This is an etnolinguistic study which is aimed to describe the Javanese view on education as reflected on its proverbs. The data of this research were Javanese proverbs dealt with education which were gathered both from literatures and observation ...
Kurniawati, Atin
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The repair of flood-damaged property: a critical review of the needs of homeowners [PDF]
, 2003 One of the primary reasons why firms fail to meet their customers' needs and expectations is due to their lack of awareness of exactly what those needs and expectations are, i.e.
Proverbs, David, Samwinga, Victor
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Malaproverbs, Neo-Adages, Wrongerisms [PDF]
, 2004 Over the years Word Ways has occasionally published humorous variations of traditional proverbs or conventional phrases. In February 1972 Philip Cohen demonstrated that certain proverbs alter their message if the last few words are removed ( People who ...
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A pragmatic approach to proverb use and interpretation [PDF]
, 2015 Proverbs are interesting pieces of popular wisdom and tradition belonging to any culture, which help us to foreground the values and shared beliefs held by a speech community. However, its study has received little attention up to now.
Heras Ramírez, Cristina
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METAPHORS AND DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN THE JAVANESE PROVERBS [PDF]
, 2016 The current study investigated directive speech acts and metaphors in the Javanese Proverbs. In order to fulfill this goal, the researcher identifies the structural forms, the communicative function, the felicity conditions and the metaphor mapping ...
Sari , Kharisma Puspita
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Satisfaction issues in the reinstatement of flood damaged domestic property [PDF]
, 2004 The frequency of flooding is forecast to increase in the UK, as is the number of properties at risk of flooding. Following major floods in England and Wales in recent years, questions have been raised concerning the quality of service received by insured
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Exploring the experience of insured UK homeowners in flood disasters [PDF]
, 2004 The frequency of flooding and the number of properties at risk of flooding in the UK are forecast to increase. Costs associated with flooding are usually significant and include for the provision of adequate flood defences, emergency services as well as ...
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