Wise Words (RLE Folklore)

Taylor & Francis

This book is the first volume in the Garland Folklore Casebook series. It contains 20 essays on various aspects of proverb studies. These 20 essays touch upon the major concerns of paremiology, and they are representative results of the trends and themes of modem proverb scholarship. > This book is the first volume in the Garland Folklore Casebook series. It contains 20 essays on various aspects of proverb studies. These 20 essays touch upon the major concerns of paremiology, and they are representative results of the trends and themes of modem proverb scholarship. > 1. The Perception of Proverbiality 2. Foundations of Semiotic Proverb Study 3. The Linguistic Status of the Proverb 4. Analogic Ambiguity: A Paradox of Proverb Usage 5. Do Proverbs Contradict? 6. Proverbial Per locutions: How to Do Things with Proverbs 7. Psychological Approaches to Proverbs: A Treatise on the Import of Context 8. Slurs International: Folk Comparisons of Ethnicity and National Character 9. Proverbsm