Siberian Federal University 
- Issue
- Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (5)
- Authors
- Litovkina, Anna T.
- Contact information
- Litovkina, Anna T.: J. Selye University Komárno, Slovak Republic;
- Keywords
- anti-proverb; proverb; transformation; punning; homonym; paronym; homophone
- Abstract
For centuries, proverbs have provided a framework for endless transformation. In recent decades, the modification of proverbs has taken such proportions that sometimes we can even meet more proverb transformations than traditional proverbs. Wolfgang Mieder has invented a term anti-proverb (or in German Antisprichwort) for such deliberate proverb innovations. Although proverb transformations arise in a variety of forms, several types stand out (which are by no means mutually exclusive), e.g., adding new words to the original text; replacing a single word; substituting two or more words; changing the second part of the proverb; melding two proverbs; punning; adding literal interpretations. The focus of this study is on the analysis of main mechanisms of proverb variation in 43 transformations of 6 Anglo-American proverbs about children. The anti-proverbs discussed in the present study were taken primarily from written sources
- Pages
- 870–881
- EDN
- GHIJMK
- Paper at repository of SibFU
- https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/152891
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