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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131441903321

Autore

Varga Melita Aleksa

Titolo

Introduction to Paremiology : A Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies / / Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Melita Aleksa Varga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 2014

Warsaw ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-11-045612-5

3-11-041016-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

398.9

Soggetti

Languages & Literatures

Literature - General

Philology & Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributing Authors -- Introduction / Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Hrisztalina / Varga, Melita Aleksa -- 1 Subject Area, Terminology, Proverb Definitions, Proverb Features / Norrick, Neal R. -- 2 Origin of Proverbs / Mieder, Wolfgang -- 3 Categorization of Proverbs / Lauhakangas, Outi -- 4 Semiotic and Semantic Aspects of the Proverb / Grzybek, Peter -- 5 Structural Aspects of Proverbs / Mac Coinnigh, Marcas -- 6 Pragmatic and Stylistic Aspects of Proverbs / Jesenšek, Vida -- 7 Cognitive Apects of Proverbs / Lewandowska, Anna / Antos, Gerd -- 8 Empirical Research and Paremiological Minimum / Ďurčo, Peter -- 9 Proverbs from a Corpus Linguistic Point of View / Steyer, Kathrin -- 10 Paremiography: Proverb Collections / Kispál, Tamás -- 11 Contrastive Study of Proverbs / Petrova, Roumyana -- 12 Proverbs in Literature / Doyle, Charles Clay -- 13 Proverbs in Mass Media / Konstantinova, Anna -- 14 Proverbs and Foreign Language Teaching / Fiedler, Sabine -- 15 Anti-proverbs / Litovkina, Anna T. -- Glossary of Key Terms Appearing in the Book -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook introduces key elements of the philological research



area called paremiology (the study of proverbs). It presents the main subject area as well as the current status of paremiological research. The basic notions, among others, include defining proverbs, main proverb features, origin, collecting and categorization of proverbs. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar-specialist in their area of proverbial research. Since the book represents a measured balance between the popular and scientific approach, it is recommended to a wide readership including experienced and budding scholars, students of linguistics, as well as other professionals interested in the study of proverbs.