How Proverbs Mean

Norrick, Neal R.

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“…This prominently shapes another not the least important structural basis for distinguishing proverb functions, though subordinate to its being an effective tool of presetting the required mode to news perception. Norrick (1985) states that a proverb is cited especially in the headlines, and this position signals of the "template function of proverbs" (p. 24). Dabaghi, Pishbin and Niknasab (2010) point out that "in press, hot news is circulated through a proverb in the heading or text of it which reflect news topic."…”

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The Pragmatics of Chinese Proverb Quoting in the English and the Russian-Language Mass Media of PRC

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Yakovleva

2015

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Mass media of PRC in languages others than Chinese native (in the present research English and Russian) are a form of cross-cultural communication between China and the rest of the world. In other-language mass media China not only presents its views and attitude to the events described, but also reveals China "the whole self" by employing the fragments of its traditional verbal culture, proverbs in particular being the ways of self-expression. However, the research provided evidence that the foreign-language press of China carefully considers the appropriateness of proverb quotations, and thoroughly estimates the degree of transmitted by them informal and indirect culture-based information, which the target audience is capable or incapable to grasp, share, and abide by. Proverbs generally being among the most indirect strategies of reasoning and persuasion in some contextual use may convey straightforward and strict judgments. The paper studies significant theoretical issues and application aspects of proverb quoting in the foreign-language press of PRC which depends on crucial questions of cross-cultural pragmatics: first, the addressor's natural urge for culture-based self-expression alongside with striving for intelligibility to the foreign target audience, and second, the addressor's choice of higher / lower context in communication with different cultures-addressees. This accounts for the discrepancy between presentation of information in the English-language press of PRC and the Russian-language periodical of China. Both questions suggest a wide range of options in proverb quoting (preserving/omitting a proverb, original proverb with glossing / loan translation, meaning / connotation modulation of a proverb, etc).

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The Pragmatics of Chinese Proverb Quoting in the English and the Russian-Language Mass Media of PRC

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Yakovleva

2015

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“…Proverbs and commonplaces are free utterances or self-contained statements (Norrick 1985). Both can be equivalent to a complete sentence.…”

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“…However in the case of proverbs, shortened versions are quite common. Shortening and other changes -additions, variations, transpositions -do not necessarily affect the intelligibility of proverbs, apparently for they are well known (Akbarian 2010;Norrick 1985).…”

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“…), are free and self-contained utterances. All of these entries are proverbs, not idioms (Akbarian 2010;Norrick 1985); there is no full stop after any entry taken as an idiomatic expression in accordance with the scheme above. We take the entries without a full stop at the end of them to be non-proverbs for the reason that they cannot stand alone even if some of them include verbs.…”

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What Counts as a Proverb? The Case of <i>NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés</i>

Akbarian

2012

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Abstract:A dictionary on proverbs should meet its claim in compiling the specific, relevant formulaic entries in order to retrieve the required information as quickly and as successfully as possible. The inconsistency between what such a dictionary claims to include and what it actually includes might stem from not attending to the possible boundaries between the fixed expressions that might as well be considered as guidelines in lexicography. Based on the distinctions between the fixed expressions offered in Gramley and Pätzold (1992) and Simpson (1985), NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés (Bertram 1996) was investigated as a sample proverb dictionary available, especially useful for non-native speakers. It was found that (a) the above dictionary failed to distinguish between proverbs and other prefabricated expressions and (b) nearly 67 percent out of the total number of the entries in the dictionary were found to be proverbs whereas around 33 percent of them turned out to be non-proverb items. Some lexicographic as well as research implications are also discussed at the end. Keywords: LEXICOGRAPHY, NTC'S DICTIONARY, PROVERB, PROVERBIAL EXPRES-SIONS, CLASSIFICATION SCHEME, FIXED EXPRESSIONS, IDIOM, CLICHÉ, ENTRYOpsomming: Wat word beskou as 'n spreekwoord? Die geval van NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés. 'n Spreekwoordeboek behoort sy naam gestand te doen deur die spesifieke, relevante formuleagtige inskrywings op te neem om die gevraagde inligting so vinnig en suksesvol moontlik op te spoor. Die teenstrydigheid tussen wat so 'n woordeboek beweer hy opneem en wat hy inderdaad opneem mag spruit uit die feit dat daar nie aandag gegee word aan die moontlike grense tussen die vaste uitdrukkings, wat as riglyne in die leksikografie beskou kan word, nie. NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés (Bertram 1996) is ondersoek as 'n voorbeeld van 'n beskikbare spreekwoordeboek wat besonder nuttig vir niemoedertaalsprekers is. Hierdie ondersoek is gebaseer op die onderskeidings tussen vaste uitdrukkings wat aangebied word in Gramley en Pätzold (1992) en Simpson (1985). Daar is bevind dat (a) die bogenoemde woordeboek nagelaat het om te onderskei tussen spreekwoorde en ander vaste uitdrukkings en dat (b) byna 67 persent van die totale aantal inskrywings in die woordeboek spreekwoorde was teenoor ongeveer 33 persent van die items wat geblyk het nie spreekwoorde was nie. Ten slotte word sommige implikasies vir die leksikografie sowel as vir navorsing bespreek.

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“…According to Mieder (2004, xi), "Proverbs contain everyday experiences and common observations in succinct and formulaic language, making them easy to remember and ready to be used instantly as effective rhetoric in oral or written communication". Norrick (1985) also notes that a proverb is "a brief, decontextualized, self-contained statement with axed form that conveys a sense of folk wisdom and traditionalism" (p. 78). Proverbs thus deliver cultural knowledge and express the life experiences of human beings.…”

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A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Proverbs Using Natural Semantic Metalanguage Approach

Wu¹

2019

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The current study investigates the similarities and differences between ‘equivalent’ proverbs in English and Chinese. It integrates natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) into a semantic and pragmatic analysis to explain differences in proverbs as cultural linguistic artifacts. In this study, NSM has enabled the cultural meanings behind the artifacts to be brought into stark contrast for careful qualitative discourse analysis. The findings of the study indicate that it is not only worthwhile but also practical to carefully examine English and Chinese proverb pairs, as their respective meanings may differ, offering unique insight into certain cultural factors. There is much potential for further research on linguistic cultural indicators such as proverbs, song lyrics, and idioms.

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How Proverbs Mean

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The Pragmatics of Chinese Proverb Quoting in the English and the Russian-Language Mass Media of PRC

The Pragmatics of Chinese Proverb Quoting in the English and the Russian-Language Mass Media of PRC

What Counts as a Proverb? The Case of <i>NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés</i>

A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Proverbs Using Natural Semantic Metalanguage Approach

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