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PROVERBS ABOUT PROVERBS. WRITERS' VIEWS ON PROVERBS

open access: yes, 2023
Since ancient times, proverbs have been considered an inexhaustible source of wisdom. In it, as in a grain, lies all the active forces of democratic culture. And is it not for this reason, as if checking the very direction of their own work with proverbs, all great people revered the wisdom and beauty, the picturesque, inventive power of proverbs ...
Ismailova Feruza Ismailovna
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Old Proverbs in new Skins – An fMRI Study on Defamiliarization [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2012
We investigated how processing fluency and defamiliarization contribute to the affective and aesthetic processing of reading in an event-related fMRI experiment with 26 participants.
Isabel C Bohrn   +10 more
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The wisdom in Proverbs : an integrated reading of the book [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
This study illuminates the overall structure of the book of Proverbs by identifying an overlooked formal feature of Ancient Near Eastern Instructional literature.
Wiebe, Matt
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An analysis of the role of micro and macro levels in rendering some standard Arabic proverbs into English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis was inspired by my MA Dissertation back in (2007). This dissertation dealt with 'situationality'. After a couple of years, there was a need to explore other aspects of translation.
Othman, Othman Ahmed Omran
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Proverbs and Identity: A Study of Hadoti Proverbs [PDF]

open access: yesEntrepalavras: Revista de Linguística do Departamento de Letras Vernáculas da Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2015
Proverbs are part of oral tradition in a society. They get meaning when they interact with a context, either when they precede or follow it. Proverbs, like any other linguistic element, are culturally meaningful in a given context. They are part of every society, and Hadoti proverbs are no exception to it. Such proverbs create a sociolinguistic reality
Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi   +1 more
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Metaphors and Cultural Values Part of Plants in Japanese Proverbs [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2022
This study examines Japanese proverbs using the metaphor of the names of plant parts. The name of the plant part is one element that forms Japanese proverbs.
Nur Fitri Aulia, Ihan Rini Elizabeth
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An Investigation into Factors Influencing Construction Costs Based on Japanese, UK and US Contractor Practice

open access: yesConstruction Economics and Building, 2012
Construction cost is a major concern to both clients and contractors. Based on a hypotheticalconstruction project (a six-storey concrete framed office building), cost and otherrelated information was collected through a survey of contractors in Japan ...
Hong Xiao, David Proverbs
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Atasözlerinde Eleştirel Düşünme Unsurları: Türkçe Ders Kitapları [PDF]

open access: yesFolklor/Edebiyat, 2019
In this study, critical thinking elements in proverbs, which are also teaching materials, are examined. This qualitative study is done basing on document review.
Zekerya Batur, Mehmet Soyuçok
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Modelling Client Satisfaction Levels: The Impact of Contractor Performance

open access: yesConstruction Economics and Building, 2012
The performance of contractors is known to be a key determinant of client satisfaction.Here, using factor analysis, clients’ satisfaction is defined in several dimensions.
Robby Soetanto, David Proverbs
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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF MONEY IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN PROVERBS

open access: yesProverbium, 2023
The present article is an attempt to investigate the metaphorical dimension in English and Russian money proverbs. A sample of English and Russian proverbs have been selected from various sources such as dictionaries, previous research, and the internet.
Polina Oleneva
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