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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780300136029
Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.
Author : Charles Clay Doyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 661360075X
A volume of English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb.
Author : Elizabeth Knowles
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191084249
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb is accompanied by information on its date, source, and meaning. Not only is this book a pleasure to browse but it is ideal for quick reference with its comprehensive index that makes it easy to find the exact phrase you're looking for. Beautifully produced and designed, it is the perfect gift for anyone who loves language. Drawing on Oxford's ongoing dictionary research and language monitoring, the second edition of this delightful book adds phrases that have come to prominence, or increased in popularity, since publication of the first edition, such as 'Never waste a good crisis' and 'Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have', which add a contemporary flavour to the selection of more traditional English proverbs, and the popular sayings used in the English-speaking world from Asia, Africa, Middle East, and many other cultures. Find phrases on all aspects of life in this fascinating little book.
Author : J. A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Proverbs, American
ISBN : UOM:49015000941014
The dictionary gives explanations of the meanings and use of proverbs whenever these are obscure. By means of numerous illustrative quotations it also provides a documentary history of each proverb from its first recorded use in written English, and supplies details of earlier related forms in other languages.
Author : Alexander Negris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Proverbs, Greek
ISBN : NLS:B000561970
Author : Martin H. Manser,Rosalind Fergusson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Proverbs, English
ISBN : 9780816066735
Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
Author : Gregory Titelman
Publisher : Random House Reference
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:49015003015659
An annotated reference of more than 1,500 proverbs and sayings of the American language.
Author : John S. Rohsenow
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0824827708
This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation. Additional data such as brief usage notes, sources, parallel expressions, cross-references, and famous instances of use are provided where available. The proverbs are supplemented by an index of key words (both Chinese and English) found in all entries and of all topics addressed. The author has provided a scholarly introduction analyzing the definition, structure, usage, and history of these yanyu in traditional and contemporary China as well as a bibliography of collections and relevant scholarly studies of yanyu. This work, the first such scholarly collection to appear since the Reverend Scarborough’s 1926 collection, will be of use not only to sinologists in a wide variety of fields, including anthropology, literature, sociology, psychology, and history, but also to non-Chinese readers interested in Chinese culture or comparative ethnolinguistic and paremiological research.
Author : S. W. Fallon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Hindustani language
ISBN : HARVARD:HX7C6E
Author : Panos Karagiorgos
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443891509
This collection contains 300 Greek maxims and proverbs accompanied by their counterparts in eight European languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, and Russian. The introduction relates the history, the origin, and the importance of proverbs; it also includes a short chapter on the use of proverbs in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Modern Greek literature. This book is a useful companion both for translators and interpreters; a vade mecum not only for them, but also for every learner of the above mentioned European languages.
Author : Jennifer Speake,John Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780198734901
"First published as The concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs, edited by John Simpson, 1982"--Title page verso.
Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Proberbs
ISBN : 0299154548
Demonstrates how proverbs and to a lesser extent proverbial expressions, have played a significant role in political life during the 20th century. Takes as major examples the speeches and writings of Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman to show how proverbs can be brought into the service of most any ideology. Also traces the use of proverbs and their cartoon analogues during the five decades of Cold War propaganda, and proverbial slurs against Native Americans and Asian Americans. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Alexander Negris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Proverbs, Greek
ISBN : ONB:+Z169491300
Author : George Latimer Apperson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Proverbs, English
ISBN : UCSC:32106001711347
Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800731318
Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs offers a comprehensive reference guide for distinctly American proverbs. Compiled by Wolfgang Mieder, a key figure in the field of proverb studies, this compendium features nearly 1,500 proverbs with American origins, spanning the 17th century to present day, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language.