عنوان

What goes around comes around :the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life

English

What goes around comes around :the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life

Logan

Utah State University Press

c2004

190 p.

"Essays in honor of Wolfgang Mieder"--P. ]ii[

Includes bibliographical references

edited by Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, Stephen D. Winick

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What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick -- "In aqua scribere" : the evolution of a current proverb / Charles Clay Doyle -- "From one act of charity, the world is saved" : creative selection of proverbs in Sephardic narrative / Isaac Jack Le۱ج‌vy and Rosemary Le۱ج‌vy Zumwalt -- Baseball as )pan(America : a sampling of baseball-related metaphors in Spanish / Shirley L. Arora -- "You can't kill shit" : occupational proverb and metaphorical system among young medical professionals / Stephen D. Winick -- "Cheaters never prosper" and other lies adults tell kids : proverbs and the culture wars over character / Jay Mechling -- The proverb and fetishism in American advertisements / Anand Prahlad -- "The early bird is worth two in the bush" : Captain Jack Aubrey's fractured proverbs / Jan Harold Brunvand -- As the crow flies : a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech / Alan Dundes

History and criticism ، Proverbs

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AU Lau, Kimberly J

AU Tokofsky, Peter 1963-

AU Winick, Stephen D 1968-

AU Mieder, Wolfgang