Paronomasie oder wie ein Sprichwort zum Antisprichwort wird

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

doi:10.1556/AEthn.54.2009.1.7

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Paronomasie oder wie ein Sprichwort zum Antisprichwort wird

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Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt

Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt Universität Basel Bundesstipendiatin der Eidgenössischen Stipendienkommission ESKAS Deutsches Seminar Mittlere Strasse 33/36 CH-4056 Basel Schweiz

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Anna Litovkina

Anna Litovkina Kodolányi-János-Hochschule Fürdő u. 1 H-8000 Székesfehérvár Ungarn

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Péter Barta

Péter Barta Loránd-Eötvös- Universität, Budapest Abteilung für französische Sprache und Literatur Geisteswissenschaftliche Fakultät Múzeum krt. 4/C H-1088 Budapest Ungarn

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Katalin Vargha

Katalin Vargha Loránd-Eötvös-Universität, Budapest Graduiertenkolleg für ungarische und vergleichende Folklore Múzeum krt. 6-8 H-1088 Budapest Ungarn

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Pages:: 77–94

Online Publication Date:: 04 Jun 2009

Publication Date:: 01 Jun 2009

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/AEthn.54.2009.1.7

Keywords:: proverb; anti-proverb; pun; wordplay; paronomasia; German; Hungarian; English; French; Russian

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Paronomasia is a popular form of wordplay often used to transform proverbs into antiproverbs (deliberate proverb innovations, also known as alterations, mutations, parodies, transformations, variations, wisecracks, and fractured proverbs) by replacing certain phonemes with similar ones, or by adding or omitting phonemes. The present paper describes and exemplifies this sort of pun by using selected German, Hungarian, English, French and Russian language data. The first part of the paper focuses on the linguistic aspects of paronomasia; the second part stresses semantic characteristics. This study also examines the role of wordplay on the theme of sexuality, and then comments on the use of proper nouns in proverb transformations. We conclude that all five of the languages in our research corpus use similar, if not identical, approaches to forge a “twisted wisdom” out of a simple proverb.

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