Introduction to Paremiology : a Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies / edited by Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Melita Aleksa Varga.
Material type: TextPublisher: Warschau/Berlin : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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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.
This handbook introduces key elements of the philological research area called paremiology. It presents the main subject area as well as the current status of paremiological research. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar-specialist in their area of proverbial research. The book successfully represents a measured balance between the popular and scientific approach.
Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryMelita Aleksa Varga, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
In English.
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