Introduction to Paremiology. A Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies

• Autor principal: Varga, Melita Aleksa (auth)
• Outros Autores: Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Hrisztalina (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: De Gruyter 2014
• Assuntos: Language; applied linguistics; literature; folklore; proverbs; language
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...