ISBN:
0874215927
,
087421596X
Language:
English
Pages:
190 S.
DDC:
398.9/09
Keywords:
aProverbs
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xHistory and criticism
;
Sprichwort
;
Englisch
;
USA
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Festschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Festschrift
;
Englisch
;
Sprichwort
;
USA
;
Sprichwort
Description / Table of Contents:
What goes around comes around: the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick -- "In aqua scribere" : the evolution of a current proverb / Charles Clay Doyle -- "From one act of charity, the world is saved" : creative selection of proverbs in Sephardic narrative / Isaac Jack Lévy and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt -- Baseball as (pan)America : a sampling of baseball-related metaphors in Spanish / Shirley L. Arora -- "You can't kill shit" : occupational proverb and metaphorical system among young medical professionals / Stephen D. Winick -- "Cheaters never prosper" and other lies adults tell kids : proverbs and the culture wars over character / Jay Mechling -- The proverb and fetishism in American advertisements / Anand Prahlad -- "The early bird is worth two in the bush" : Captain Jack Aubrey's fractured proverbs / Jan Harold Brunvand -- As the crow flies : a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech / Alan
Note:
Essays in honor of Wolfgang Mieder.
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004016467.html
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