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

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, c...

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Place / Publishing House:Warsaw ;, Berlin : : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2014
2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (382 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • 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