The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the ProverbWolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes |
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... particular topics ? with the specific relationship between speaker and addressee ? What exactly are the contributing contextual factors which make the use of proverbs or a particular proverb , possible or not possible , appropriate or ...
... particular topics ? with the specific relationship between speaker and addressee ? What exactly are the contributing contextual factors which make the use of proverbs or a particular proverb , possible or not possible , appropriate or ...
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... particular case . Hans Heinrich Schmid has emphasized this aspect of wisdom in his recent book , which provides a useful corrective to an interpreta- tion of wisdom as " nonhistorical . " 7 The result of the above section has been to ...
... particular case . Hans Heinrich Schmid has emphasized this aspect of wisdom in his recent book , which provides a useful corrective to an interpreta- tion of wisdom as " nonhistorical . " 7 The result of the above section has been to ...
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... particular cannot get along without them , were to study ( without fee or reward ) what society in general and litigants in particular say about them — not about individuals of course , but about the system of shameful delays , and ...
... particular cannot get along without them , were to study ( without fee or reward ) what society in general and litigants in particular say about them — not about individuals of course , but about the system of shameful delays , and ...
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