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Anti-proverbs in five languages : structural features and verbal humor devices / Anna T. Litovkina, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Péter Barta, Katalin Vargha, Wolfgang Mieder.
Tóthné Litovkina, Anna.; Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Hrisztalina.; Barta, Péter.; Vargha, Katalin.; Mieder, Wolfgang.
2021
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Anti-proverbs in five languages : structural features and verbal humor devices / Anna T. Litovkina, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Péter Barta, Katalin Vargha, Wolfgang Mieder.
Author
Tóthné Litovkina, Anna.
ISBN
9783030890629 (electronic bk.)
3030890627 (electronic bk.)
9783030890636
3030890635
9783030890643
3030890643
3030890619
9783030890612
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89062-9
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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
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English
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10.1007/978-3-030-89062-9 doi
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PN6401
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398.909
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This book is the first comparative study of English, German, French, Russian, and Hungarian anti-proverbs based on well-known proverbs. Proverbs are by no means fossilized texts but are adaptable to different times and changed values. While anti-proverbs can be considered as variants of older proverbs, they can also become new proverbs reflecting a more modern worldview. Anti-proverbs are therefore a lingo-cultural phenomenon that deserves the attention of cultural and literary historians, folklorists, linguists, and general readers interested in language and wordplay. Anna T. Litovkina is Associate Professor at J. Selye University, Slovakia. She is a linguist, a folklorist, and a humour researcher. Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt is Chief Quality Officer at the Swiss agency French, Italian and German in Switzerland. Her research interests lie in the field of applied linguistics. Peter Barta is Associate Professor at Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary. He is a linguist and a paremiologist. Katalin Vargha is a research fellow in the Institute of Ethnology at the Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungary. Her research interests include short forms of folklore and humor. Wolfgang Mieder is University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont, USA. He is the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship.
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Barta, Péter.
Vargha, Katalin.
Mieder, Wolfgang.
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Chapter 1: The Comparative Study of Anti-Proverbs: An Introduction
Part I: Types of Proverb Alterations
Chapter 2: Addition in Anti-Proverbs
Chapter 3: Omission in Anti-Proverbs
Chapter 4: Substitution in Anti-Proverbs
Chapter 5: Blending of Proverbs
Part II: Anti-proverbs and Verbal Humor
Chapter 6: Punning in Anti-Proverbs
Chapter 7: Further Humor Devices as Used in Anti-Proverbs
Chapter 8: Summary and Implications for Further Research.

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