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

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

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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 of cultural and literary historians, folklorists, linguists, and general readers interested in language and wordplay.

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