Anti-Proverbs

Litovkina, Anna T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91198-4_2

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“…Notes 1. All the examples of the proverbs and sayings used in this study were taken from various books, dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books (Bland,1814;Hazlitt, 1996;Litovkina, 2017;Mieder and Litovkina, 2002;Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 2015;The Bible, 2016;Schipper, 2006; English Proverbs on Woman, 2020; Common Proverbs in English: Meanings and Examples, 2022; 2500 English Idioms and Phrases and Proverbs that We Use Every Day, n.d.). 2.…”

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Linguistic Expression of Gender Distinctions in English Proverbs and Sayings

Karapetyan,

Danukhyan

2023

Arm. Fol. Angl.

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The present study aims at investigating the linguistic expression of gender distinctions in English proverbs and sayings through the lens of paremiology. The investigation focuses on the classification of English proverbs and sayings according to their respective gender component. Our research hypothesis posits that proverbs and sayings, as forms of verbal folklore, have traditionally ascribed specific human traits and activities to individuals based on their gender. To test this hypothesis, over four hundred English proverbs and sayings have been analyzed. The methodology employed in the paper is based on historical research methods, which involve collecting and analyzing information in order to explain past phenomena. The analysis has also employed the data grouping method to organize proverbs and sayings into relevant categories. The data collection has utilized both primary and secondary sources of information. Primary sources include reviews and scientific articles, while in secondary sources are include encyclopedias and dictionaries of proverbs and sayings. The results show that proverbs and sayings reflect gender stereotypes and societal divisions which are often difficult to break. However, the deeper understanding of the ways in which gender roles have been constructed and perpetuated throughout history, can identify areas in which progress towards gender equality is made.

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Linguistic Expression of Gender Distinctions in English Proverbs and Sayings

Karapetyan,

Danukhyan

2023

Arm. Fol. Angl.

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“…From an analytical point of view, it may seem problematic to refer to neologistic alterations as "proverbs". In paremiology, the result of such modifications is often referred to as "anti-proverb" or "twisted proverb", interchangeably (Mieder & Litovkina [1999], Mieder [2004], Litovkina [2015]). Finally, it is clear that the proposed modifications have not yet "caught on" among the general population since their frequency in online corpora is very low.…”

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What makes a good proverb? On the birth and propagation of proverbs

Villers¹

2022

lexis

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“…It should be noted that while some anti-proverbs negate the "truth" of the original piece of wisdom completely, the vast majority of them put the proverbial wisdom only partially into question, primarily by relating it to a particular context or thought in which the traditional wording does not fit. Wolfgang Mieder's term Antisprichwort has been widely accepted by proverb scholars all over the world as a general label for such innovative alterations of and reactions to traditional proverbs: anti-proverb (English), anti(-)proverbe (French), aнтиnословицa (Russian), and anti(-)proverbium (Hungarian) (see the general discussion of the genre of anti-proverbs in T. Litovkina & Mieder 2006: 1-54;Mieder 2007;T. Litovkina 2015;Hrisztova-Gotthardt et al 2018a).…”

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The visual representations of a Biblical proverb and its modifications in the Internet space

Hrisztova-Gotthardt¹,

Varga²,

Litovkina³

et al. 2020

EJHR

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Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation. In the last few decades, they have been perverted and parodied so extensively that their variations have been sometimes heard more often than their original forms. Naturally, the most well-known Biblical proverbs are very frequently transformed and modified in various languages. “He who digs a pit for others falls into it himself” is one of such widespread proverbs originating from the Bible. This proverb exists in almost fifty European languages, including Croatian, English, German, Hungarian and Russian. Below, we would like to demonstrate the occurrence and popularity of this proverb, as well as its transformations in the five languages. The major source for this study has been the Internet and some previously constructed Internet corpora. In the course of the present study we are going to focus primarily on the visual representation of the Biblical proverb in question and its (humorous) modifications as well on the interaction between text and image.

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Anti-Proverbs

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Linguistic Expression of Gender Distinctions in English Proverbs and Sayings

Linguistic Expression of Gender Distinctions in English Proverbs and Sayings

What makes a good proverb? On the birth and propagation of proverbs

The visual representations of a Biblical proverb and its modifications in the Internet space

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