Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VI
3. Contents VII
4. List of Contributing Authors XIV
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Subject Area, Terminology, Proverb Definitions, Proverb Features 7
7. 2 Origin of Proverbs 28
8. 3 Categorization of Proverbs 49
9. 4 Semiotic and Semantic Aspects of the Proverb 68
10. 5 Structural Aspects of Proverbs 112
11. 6 Pragmatic and Stylistic Aspects of Proverbs 133
12. 7 Cognitive Apects of Proverbs 162
13. 8 Empirical Research and Paremiological Minimum 183
14. 9 Proverbs from a Corpus Linguistic Point of View 206
15. 10 Paremiography: Proverb Collections 229
16. 11 Contrastive Study of Proverbs 243
17. 12 Proverbs in Literature 262
18. 13 Proverbs in Mass Media 276
19. 14 Proverbs and Foreign Language Teaching 294
20. 15 Anti-proverbs 326
21. Glossary of Key Terms Appearing in the Book 353
22. List of Tables 364
23. List of Figures 365
24. Index 366