The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the ProverbWolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes |
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... African languages occur in rich profusion . Four thousand have been published in Rundi , for instance , about 3,000 in Nkundo , and roughly 2,000 in Luba and Hausa . In addition Bascom lists about thirty other African peoples for whom ...
... African languages occur in rich profusion . Four thousand have been published in Rundi , for instance , about 3,000 in Nkundo , and roughly 2,000 in Luba and Hausa . In addition Bascom lists about thirty other African peoples for whom ...
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... Africa , London , 1890 . The Yoruba - speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , London , 1894 . Ennis , E.L. , " Women's Names among the Ovimbundu of Angola , ” African Studies 4 ( 1945 ) . Evans - Pritchard , E.E. “ Meaning ...
... Africa , London , 1890 . The Yoruba - speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , London , 1894 . Ennis , E.L. , " Women's Names among the Ovimbundu of Angola , ” African Studies 4 ( 1945 ) . Evans - Pritchard , E.E. “ Meaning ...
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... African Studies 3 ( 1944 ) . Green , M.M. , " The Unwritten Literature of the Igbo - speaking People of South - Eastern Nigeria , " Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 12 ( 1948 ) . Herskovits , M.J. , and Herskovits ...
... African Studies 3 ( 1944 ) . Green , M.M. , " The Unwritten Literature of the Igbo - speaking People of South - Eastern Nigeria , " Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 12 ( 1948 ) . Herskovits , M.J. , and Herskovits ...
Contents
Proverbs in Africa | 10 |
On the Structure of the Proverb | 43 |
Towards a Structural Analysis of Yiddish Proverbs | 65 |
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abstract advertisement African akaguca akagukuura akaguteera Alan Dundes allusion analysis appear Arewa argument Arrow of God Bantu bird buriri Chinese cited cold collection common concrete context contrast correlation culture Dictionary discussion English essay examinees example expression fact folklore folklorists front-room genre haakweru Hausa headline hoopoe humorous ikwéru illustrate important ingle-nook instance Irish item of folklore language literary literature lodge the Tuutsi logical luotu manics mental status examination metaphor Mieder Milner modern muryango muu mbere nest nidum Nyanja occurs opposition original paradox parallel paremiology particular patterns person phrases popular proverb interpretation Proverb Test proverb usage question quoted raters reasoning reference riddles ruguru Rwanda saying schizophrenics scholars Scottish Gaelic semantic Shakespeare significant slogan social situation Spanish proverbs structure Synoptic Synoptic Gospels thing traditional Tuutsi you lodge Umutuutsi umusembereza upper-room Usembereza umutuutsi variant versions wisdom words Yiddish proverbs Yoruba Z statistic Zulu