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Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages : Structural Features and Verbal Humor Devices by Anna Tóthné Litovkina; Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt; Péter Barta; Katalin Vargha; Wolfgang Mieder is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"This book is a fascinating study on human creativity as it is expressed in transforming well-known, conventional, and clichéd proverbs by turning them upside down. A valuable resource for anyone interested in verbal humor and the human potential for linguistic play." -Zoltán Kövecses, Professor Emeritus, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, author of Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory (2020) "The authors provide their readers with a kaleidoscope of proverb alterations, punning, and different devices of verbal humour, leading them skillfully into a better understanding not only of the nature and quality of anti-proverbs, but how a given language community's worldview and attitude towards certain issues, norms and values change over time." -Melita Aleksa Varga, Associate Professor, University of Osijek, Croatia 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.

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Author

Anna Tóthné Litovkina; Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt; Péter Barta; Katalin Vargha; Wolfgang Mieder

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030890629

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, History