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Paperback Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages: Structural Features and Verbal Humor Devices Book

ISBN: 3030890643

ISBN13: 9783030890643

Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages: Structural Features and Verbal Humor Devices

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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...

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