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Proverbs Are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age

Name: Proverbs Are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age
ISBN: 9780195077285

Wolfgang Mieder

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An engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variations in the modern world from the world's foremost expert on proverbs. Mieder looks at how we adapt proverbs to rapidly changing social attitudes, investigates the origins of proverbs, and demolishes the myth that Benjamin Franklin was a prolific coiner of proverbs. 36 halftones. Line drawings.

Categorias:

Linguistics - Historical & Comparative Linguistics

Ano:

1993

Editora:

Oxford University Press, USA

Idioma:

english

Páginas:

300

ISBN 10:

0195077288