The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the ProverbWolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes |
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... illustrates an accepted general rule with which the hearer must already be acquainted . Assume that two people are having a conversation . Saul tells David that a new acquaintance of theirs played a nasty trick on him . Says David : an ...
... illustrates an accepted general rule with which the hearer must already be acquainted . Assume that two people are having a conversation . Saul tells David that a new acquaintance of theirs played a nasty trick on him . Says David : an ...
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... illustrate the pattern in themselves , others point to legitimate grounds for sign reasoning , and still others warn of potential fallacies . Cause . A consideration of sign reasoning inevitably leads to relations of cause and effect ...
... illustrate the pattern in themselves , others point to legitimate grounds for sign reasoning , and still others warn of potential fallacies . Cause . A consideration of sign reasoning inevitably leads to relations of cause and effect ...
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... illustrate a significant number of logical principles . Moreover , our specific hypotheses were broadly confirmed . Although the claim cannot be made with the same force for each specific argument type , it is generally true that ...
... illustrate a significant number of logical principles . Moreover , our specific hypotheses were broadly confirmed . Although the claim cannot be made with the same force for each specific argument type , it is generally true that ...
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