عنوان

"The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

English

عنوان اصلي

"The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Burlington, Vt.

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

"Proverbium" in association with the Dept. of German and Russian, University of Vermont

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c2008

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiv, 206 p.: ill. ; 22 cm

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Supplement series of Proverbium ;v. 62

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references

متن يادداشت

Alan Dundes ; edited by Wolfgang Mieder

متن يادداشت

1

متن يادداشت

The kushmaker -- The Henny-penny phenomenon: a study of folk phonological esthetics in American speech -- "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras": a folk medical diagnostic proverb / with Lauren Dundes and Michael Streiff( -- Much ado about "Sweet bugger all": getting to the bottom of a puzzle in British folk speech -- "What if Mahomet won't go for the mountain": an analysis of an Arabic-Islamic joke -- Towards a metaphorical reading of "Break a leg": a note on the folklore of the stage -- An uplifting origin of 68 -- On the possible African origin of Jigaboo -- "Jumping the broom": on the origin and meaning of an African American wedding custom -- "Praise not the day before the night": guessing age and provenance -- "As the crow flies": a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech -- From jock to joke: the sic transit of O.J. Simpson -- Arse longa, vita brevis: jokes about AIDs -- Six inches from the presidency: the Gary Hart jokes as public opinion -- The Clinton joke: not over till the punchline -- Viola jokes: a study of second string humor / with Meegan M. Brown -- Foolproof: a sampling of mathematical folk humor / with Paul Renteln

عنصر شناسه ای

، Folklore

عنصر شناسه ای

History and criticism ، American wit and humor

عنصر شناسه ای

History and criticism ، Folk literature, American

شماره رده

عنصر شناسه اي

Dundes, Alan

کد نقش

AU

عنصر شناسه اي

AU Mieder, Wolfgang

عنصر شناسه اي

TI

عنصر شناسه اي

SE Supplement series of Proverbium ;v. 26