| Description |
1 online resource (190 pages) |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Note |
"Essays in honor of Wolfgang Mieder"--P. [ii]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 Levy and Rosemary Levy 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 Dundes. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Proverbs -- History and criticism.
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Proverbs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Mieder, Wolfgang.
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Winick, Stephen D., 1968-
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Tokofsky, Peter, 1963-
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Lau, Kimberly J.
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Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780874215120 |
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0874215927 alkaline paper |
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087421596X hardcover |
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9780874215922 |
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