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THE ARTISTIC FEATURES AND STYLISTIC EFFECTS OF TRANSLATION OF CHINESE AND KAZAKH PROVERBS

open access: yesӘл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті хабаршы шығыстану сериясы
This study delves into the extensive body of research on proverbs in both Chinese and Kazakh languages. Scholars examining Chinese proverbs often approach the categorization and conceptual distinctions from three primary perspectives: 1) proverbs and ...
A. Dauletali , Xu Wen
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Pupil size behavior during on line processing of sentences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the present work we analyzed the pupil size behavior of forty subjects while they read well defined sentences with different contextual predictability (i.e., regular sentences and proverbs). In general, pupil size increased when reading regular sentences, but when readers realized that they were reading proverbs their pupils strongly increase until ...
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Towards a sociolinguistic analysis of the current relevance of androcentric proverbs in Peninsular Spanish

open access: yesLegon 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of what Swim, Aikin, Hall and Hunter (1995) identify as Old-Fashioned Sexism which make these proverbs appear outdated.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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Modelling Client Satisfaction Levels: The Impact of Contractor Performance

open access: yesAustralasian Journal of Construction 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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Song of Proverbs by Thirumangai Aalwar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Proverbs are used as gateways to express the thoughts, living conditions and beliefs of the society. Proverbs also express the cultural elements. In that way in Vaishnava religious songs, especially in the hymns, Alwars have used proverbs to preach ...
N, Shubha
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The Function of Proverbs as Educational Media: Anthropological Linguistics on Wolio Proverbs

open access: yes, 2020
This study aims to explain the function of proverbs as an educational media in the socio-cultural life of Wolio people in Southeast Sulawesi. The method used in this study was a descriptive qualitative in anthropological linguistics perspective.
F. Mansyur, L. O. A. Suherman
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Paremiological Analysis of Proverbs in Pashto and English: A Cross-cultural Pragmatic Study

open access: yesNUML Journal of Critical Inquiry, 2023
This comparative paremiological analysis is an attempt to study proverbs in Pashto and English, related to bravery and honor in the light of pragmatic tools of inquiry; for instance, the version of speech acts as proposed by Roberts (2018), and ...
Khizar Ali, Anum Saleem, Inam Ullah
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The repair of flood-damaged property: a critical review of the needs of homeowners [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Anne W. Stewart. Poetic Ethics in Proverbs: Wisdom Literature and the Shaping of the Moral Self. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 247 pp. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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The Humanistic Value of Proverbs in Sociopolitical Discourse

open access: yesHumanities, 2018
Proverbs as strategic signs for recurrent situations have long played a significant communicative role in political rhetoric. Folk proverbs as well as Bible proverbs appear as expressions of wisdom and common sense, adding authority and didacticism to ...
Wolfgang Mieder
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