Most frequent types of alteration in Anglo-American, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs

Anna Litovkina; Katalin Vargha; Péter Barta; Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt

doi:10.1556/AEthn.52.2007.1.3

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Most frequent types of alteration in Anglo-American, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs

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Anna Litovkina

Anna Litovkina University of Pécs Illyés Gyula College of Education Szent István tér 15/17 H-7100 Szekszárd Hungary

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Katalin Vargha

Katalin Vargha Eötvös Loránd University Doctoral School of Hungarian and Comparative Folklore Budapest Múzeum krt. 6-8 H-1142 Budapest Hungary

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Péter Barta

Péter Barta Eötvös Loránd University Department of French Studies, Faculty of Arts Budapest Múzeum krt. 4/C H-1088 Budapest Hungary

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Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt

Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt University of Pécs Doctoral School of Applied Linguistics Olga u. 1, X. 32 H-7632 Pécs Hungary

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Pages:: 47–103

Online Publication Date:: 25 Apr 2007

Publication Date:: 01 Jun 2007

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/AEthn.52.2007.1.3

Keywords:: anti-proverb; proverb; change; addition; ommision; Anglo-American; German; French; Russian; Hungarian

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Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation. Wolfgang Mieder has coined the term “Antisprichwort” (anti-proverb) for such deliberate proverb innovations (also known as alterations, mutations, parodies, transformations, variations, wisecracks, fractured proverbs). The focus of this study is on different mechanisms of variation in Anglo-American, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs. The mechanisms discussed and exemplified in the study include replacing a single word, substituting two or more words, changing the second part of the proverb, adding new words, adding literal interpretations, repeating identical or phonetically similar words, mixing two or more proverbs, word-order reversal, rhyme, changing the first part of the proverb, and omission of words.

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Balázs BALOGH (Institute of Ethnology, Research Centre for the Humanities)
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lldikó LANDGRAF (Institute of Ethnology, Research Centre for the Humanities)
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László MÓD (University of Szeged)
Attila PALÁDI-KOVÁCS (Institute of Ethnology, Research Centre for the Humanities and Eötvös University, Budapest)
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