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Tytuł:
Why Money Cannot Buy Happiness. The Painful Truth about Traditional Proverbs and Their Modifications
Autorzy:
Mandziuk, Justyna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/601235.pdf
Data publikacji:
2017
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
Tematy:
paremiology, modified proverbs, perverbs, anti-proverbs, quasi-proverbs, pseudo-proverbs, twisted proverbs
Opis:
Can one imagine language without proverbs? Do we really need these somewhat clichéd adages like An apple a day keeps a doctor away, Once bitten, twice shy, or Crime doesn’t pay? Are they still influential, or perhaps modern society should give them a new lease of life? This paper aims to reveal the “painful truth” behind traditional proverbs and especially their modified versions. Leading paremiologists (Wolfgang Mieder, Nihada Delibegović Džanic, Anna Litovkina) introduce a number of terms in reference to the latter, and so this study discusses the etymology and the semantic import of such labels as anti-proverbs, twisted proverbs, quasi-proverbs, and pseudo-proverbs. However, its basic aim is to propose a classification of modified proverbs based on a number of examples, such as Man proposes, mother-in-law opposes; A good beginning is half the bottle; Crime pays – be a lawyer; A new broom sweeps clean, but the old one knows the corners, and many others. Finally, based on Ronald Langacker’s conception of the profile-base distinction, deriving from the figure-ground alignment, this paper makes an attempt to prove the necessary link between traditional proverbs and their innovative modifications. 
Źródło:
New Horizons in English Studies; 2017, 2
2543-8980
Pojawia się w:
New Horizons in English Studies
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Recenzja książki Piotra Sawickiego i Jitki Smičekovej pt. Srovnávací frazeologie a paremiografie. Vybrané studie ze slovanských a románských jazyků / Frazeologia i paremiografia porównawcza. Wybrane studia z zakresu języków słowiańskich i romańskich. Ostrava, 2010: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě. ISBN 978-80-7368-851-6, 198 stron
A Review of a Book by Piotr Sawicki and Jitka Smičekova entitled Srovnávací frazeologie a paremiografie. Vybrané studie ze slovanských a románských jazyků / Frazeologia i paremiografia porównawcza. Wybrane studia z zakresu języków słowiańskich i romańskich. Ostrava, 2010: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě. ISBN 978-80-7368-851-6, 198 pages
Autorzy:
Drozdowicz, Maksymilian
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/504702.pdf
Data publikacji:
2014
Wydawca:
Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Oddział we Wrocławiu
Tematy:
proverbs
Jaromír Nohavica
František Čelakovský
Czech proverbs
Polish proverbs
Spanish proverbs
French proverbs
The Law and Justice Party
Opis:
Comparative Phraseology and Paremiology. Selected Studies on Slavic and Romance Languages, by Piotr Sawicki and Jitka Smičeková, is a collection of texts which have previously appeared in the columns of philological periodicals and post-symposium publications in Poland, Spain and the Czech Republic and have since been modified. They constitute the fruits of unceasing international research which was originally launched in 1996. The book is divided into two sections, grouping material relating to Czech and Polish cultural stereotypes and proverbs and the language of Polish politics together in the first part, with the transcreation of proverbs constituting the second part. This innovative work contains a compilation of proverbs and sayings in Polish, Czech and, occasionally, Slovakian; and in Spanish, with some in French. It is enriched by a discussion of the problems relating to the translation and interpretation of certain linguistic phenomena which bear culturally distinctive features. The discussion takes as its examples the writings of František Čelakovský and Jaromír Nohavica, as well as popular Spanish and French sayings. Addressed to expert paremiologists, linguists and students engaged in Slavic, Romance and Iberian studies alike, as well as to anyone interested in matters linguistic, the book now and again departs from the solemn, scholarly form to pursue a discourse more popularised in nature.
Źródło:
Academic Journal of Modern Philology; 2014, 3; 163-168
2299-7164
2353-3218
Pojawia się w:
Academic Journal of Modern Philology
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
L’amic, prova’l primer ans que l’hages menester: Fonts clàssiques d’un refrany català inclòs en la Paremiologia catalana comparada de Sebastià Farnés
L’amic, prova’l primer ans que l’hages menester: Classical Sources of a Catalan proverb included in Sebastià Farnés’ Paremiologia catalana comparada
Autorzy:
Pascual-López, Xavier
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1048792.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016-06-15
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
paremiology
Catalan proverbs
Greek proverbs
Latin proverbs
Classical tradition
friendship
Opis:
This paper aims to investigate the Classical proverbs listed as equivalents to the Catalan proverb L’amic, prova’l primer ans que l’hages menester by Sebastià Farnés in his volume entitled Paremiologia catalana comparada. In this paper, I will establish these Classical proverbs’ sources, consider their authenticity and correspondence with this Catalan proverb, and increase the number of Classical sources, since this Catalan proverb bears witness to its Classical tradition and is related to philosophical and literary passages that can be considered as previous manifestations of this tradition. These Greek and Latin passages are compiled and compared so as to determine the different ways in which the idea included in this Catalan proverb was expressed over time. The conclusion is that the consideration about friendship presented by this proverb is embedded into a long textual/ideological tradition which ultimately refers to the sage Solon, the poet Theognis and the philosopher Theofrast, although there may be connections with the Judeo-Christian tradition as well.
Źródło:
Studia Romanica Posnaniensia; 2016, 43, 2; 85-98
0137-2475
2084-4158
Pojawia się w:
Studia Romanica Posnaniensia
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Małżeństwo w językowym obrazie świata. Na przykładzie paremii w języku polskim, rosyjskim i angielskim
Autorzy:
Kuligowska, Katarzyna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1022271.pdf
Data publikacji:
2020-10-27
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
marriage
wife
husband
proverbs
anti-proverbs
Opis:
The essence of marriage is being widely discussed in the last few decades in many social circles and at many different levels. From the linguistic point of view it is usually characterised on the basis of man’s and woman’s roles in their relationship. The aim of the paper is to present the view of marriage in Polish, Russian and English proverbial phrases. For the purposes of the article about 350 Polish and Russian and about 300 English proverbs have been subjected to cognitive analysis. The research proves that the concept of marriage is roughly universal in all three languages and it presents definitely an androcentric perspective. Wives in proverbs are shown in a very unfavourable light as grouchy, quarrelsome, unfaithful and narrow-minded human beings. Marriage reflected in sayings is usually a burden which diminishes man’s happiness and may even lead to his sickness, fast aging and death. What is more, quite a lot of proverbial phrases in all three languages under study foster violence against women. The concept of marriage presented in proverbs is undoubtedly a reflection of the old way of thinking and the old system of values, but the preliminary research of anti-proverbs, i.e. more modern expressions, proves that it has not undergone any fundamental changes in the language awareness of the Polish, Russian and English native speakers.
Źródło:
Studia Rossica Posnaniensia; 2020, 45, 2; 163-174
0081-6884
Pojawia się w:
Studia Rossica Posnaniensia
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Niedaleko pada kokos od palmy. O innowacjach przysłowiowych we współczesnej polszczyźnie
Autorzy:
Szutkowski, Tomasz
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/41151848.pdf
Data publikacji:
2023
Wydawca:
Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki w Bydgoszczy. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:
Paremiology
innovation mechanisms
proverbs
anti-proverbs
Opis:
The research on the phenomenon of variantivity in natural languages should comprise all their subsystems. Much attention has been given to phonetic, morphological, lexical, phraseological phenomena, while strictly paremiological ones have been handled to a lesser extent to date. The discussed issue of proverbial innovations in the contemporary Polish language partly fills in the research gap. The factographic material collected in the paper has shown a significant nominative and expressive potential of paremic units fulfilled as a result of numerous modifications of the canonical form of the proverbs used commonly in the Polish language. The said results could be obtained from the paremiological material excerpted with the use of www.google.com search engine in generally available online resources. The criterion adopted for selecting the initial units was the indicator of their frequency based on the socalled paremiological minimum. Afterwards, a secondary modified proverb was compared to its original, which enabled a description of basic innovation mechanisms and identification of the function of a specific registered innovation.
Źródło:
Heteroglossia- studia kulturoznawczo-filologiczne; 2023, 14; 209-221
2084-1302
Pojawia się w:
Heteroglossia- studia kulturoznawczo-filologiczne
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
“A Proverb a Day Keeps Boredom Away.” Anti-Proverbs, Twisted Proverbs, Perverbs and Other Animals
Autorzy:
Mandziuk, Justyna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/601295.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
Tematy:
perverbs, anti-proverbs, quasi-proverbs, twisted proverbs, paremiology, linguistic modifications, conceptual metaphor
Opis:
What hides behind such mysterious terms as perverbs, anti-, quasi-, and twisted proverbs? What is their status in modern paremiology? Do bona fide proverbs influence their modified versions or vice versa? Do modified proverbs belong to the proverbial family or are they completely distinct linguistic formations? These are some of the many que,stions concerning perverbs, anti-, quasi- and twisted proverbs, ubiquitous nowadays in newspapers, advertisements, cartoons, or health campaigns. As an illustration, the present paper deals with such sayings as No body is perfect; An onion a day keeps everyone away; Man proposes, mother-in-law opposes; He who laughs last, thinks slowest; Where there is a will, there is a war and others. By providing a glimpse into the goldmine of stylistic and conceptual devices used in their creation, this paper attempts to unveil the mechanisms that contribute to the emergence of the novel meanings found in modified proverbs.
Źródło:
New Horizons in English Studies; 2016, 1
2543-8980
Pojawia się w:
New Horizons in English Studies
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
On the Morphology of Proverbs in Afrikaans and Dutch
Autorzy:
Prędota, Stanisław
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/504708.pdf
Data publikacji:
2012
Wydawca:
Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Oddział we Wrocławiu
Tematy:
Afrikaans proverbs
Dutch proverbs
morphology
deflection
Anton F. Prinsloo
Opis:
Afrikaans, being very closely related to Dutch, inherited from Dutch not only almost all its vocabulary, but also numerous phraseologisms and proverbs. Then, due to the process of deflection, its morphological system was radically simplified. The very paper, applying a morphology-oriented research perspective, discusses the way in which Afrikaans proverbs differ from Dutch proverbs. The research material of the study is based upon Anton F. Prinsloo’s Spreekwoorde en waar hulle vandaan kom (Kaapstad 2005). This dictionary was chosen to conduct the study because of the fact that it contains a representative collection of proverbs and phraseologisms of the contemporary Afrikaans language. The research under discussion is limited to Afrikaans adages that derive from Dutch. The method of the analysis is a comparative one. Afrikaans proverbs are compared with their Dutch equivalents.
Źródło:
Academic Journal of Modern Philology; 2012, 1; 99-106
2299-7164
2353-3218
Pojawia się w:
Academic Journal of Modern Philology
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Formulaic Language in the Magnifying Glass. Setting Parameters on the Analyzability of Linguistic Structure
Autorzy:
Mandziuk, Justyna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/601249.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
Tematy:
cognitive grammar
analyzability
compositionality
institutionalization
formulaic language
proverbs
modified proverbs
idioms
Opis:
Adopting the model of Cognitive Grammar as proposed and developed by Ronald Langacker (1987, 1991, 2008), the article applies three basic cognitive parameters on the continuum of linguistic structure: analyzability, compositionality, and institutionalization, to an analysis of proverbs and especially to new proverbial modifications. The aim of the study is twofold: first, by proposing a two-dimensional coordinate system, we seek to establish a correlation between analyzability and compositionality. Second, by adding a third parameter on linguistic structure, namely institutionalization, we develop a three-dimensional system which, we believe, can offer a fuller account of the grammar-lexicon continuum. 
Źródło:
New Horizons in English Studies; 2018, 3
2543-8980
Pojawia się w:
New Horizons in English Studies
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Kobieta w <i>Karaim. Jego życie i zwyczaje w przysłowiach ludowych</i> Mardkowicza – punkt wyjścia do analizy porównawczej postrzegania kobiety w przysłowiach karaimskich, tureckich i polskich
Women in Mardkowicz’s <i>Karaim. Jego życie i zwyczaje w przysłowiach ludowych</i>. A starting point for a comparative analysis of the reception of women in Karaim, Turkish and Polish proverbs
Autorzy:
Stanek, Kamila Barbara
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/440378.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Związek Karaimów Polskich. Karaimska Oficyna Wydawnicza Bitik
Tematy:
Karaim proverbs
Turkish proverbs
women in Karaite culture
verbalization of traditions
Opis:
Niniejsza praca poświęcona jest porównaniu postrzegania kobiety w przysłowiach karaimskich, tureckich i polskich. Takie zestawienie podyktowane zostało tym, że przysłowia zamieszczone w pracy A. Mardkowicza Karaim. Jego życie i zwyczaje w przysłowiach ludowych w rozdziale „O kobiecie i dziecku” posiadają swoje znaczeniowe odpowiedniki w zbiorach przysłów tureckich i polskich. Takie zestawienie wzbogaca także językowy i kulturowy obraz kobiety. Opisywana jest ona bowiem w oparciu o takie same kryteria. Zgromadzony materiał został podzielony ze względu na tematykę, jaką poruszają poszczególne wyrażenia. Ponieważ zgromadzone przez Mardkowicza przysłowia dotyczą także dziecka, oddzielna grupa poświęcona zostanie dziecku. I. grupa obejmować będzie przysłowia dotyczące postrzegania kobiety i jej charakterystyki, II. odnosić się będzie do kobiety jako matki, III. kobiety jako żony, IV. poświęcona jest rodzinie, V. dotyczyć będzie dziecka.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the way women are presented in Karaim proverbs compared with perceptions of women in proverbs in Turkish and Polish. This analysis is inspired by the fact that proverbs listed in Mardkowicz’s work Karaim. Jego życie i zwyczaje w przysłowiach ludowych (A Karaite. His life and customs in folk proverbs) in the chapter “On woman and child” can be matched with equivalents in collections of Turkish and Polish proverbs. In addition, such a recapitulative juxtaposition enhances the linguistic and cultural image of women, as they are described according to the same criteria. The material gathered here has been divided according to topics covered by expressions. The division into thematic groups is not a forced one but stems from the meaning of particular proverbs. As the proverbs collected by Mardkowicz also concern children, a separate group is devoted to children. The 1st group comprises proverbs dealing with perceptions of women and their characteristics, the 2nd group concerns women as mothers, the 3rd – women as wives, the 4th – the family, the 5th – children.
Niniejsza praca poświęcona jest porównaniu postrzegania kobiety w przysłowiach karaimskich, tureckich i polskich. Takie zestawienie podyktowane zostało tym, że przysłowia zamieszczone w pracy A. Mardkowicza Karaim. Jego życie i zwyczaje w przysłowiach ludowych w rozdziale „O kobiecie i dziecku” posiadają swoje znaczeniowe odpowiedniki w zbiorach przysłów tureckich i polskich. Takie zestawienie wzbogaca także językowy i kulturowy obraz kobiety. Opisywana jest ona bowiem w oparciu o takie same kryteria. Zgromadzony materiał został podzielony ze względu na tematykę, jaką poruszają poszczególne wyrażenia. Ponieważ zgromadzone przez Mardkowicza przysłowia dotyczą także dziecka, oddzielna grupa poświęcona zostanie dziecku. I. grupa obejmować będzie przysłowia dotyczące postrzegania kobiety i jej charakterystyki, II. odnosić się będzie do kobiety jako matki, III. kobiety jako żony, IV. poświęcona jest rodzinie, V. dotyczyć będzie dziecka.
Źródło:
Almanach Karaimski; 2015, 4; 47-63
2300-8164
Pojawia się w:
Almanach Karaimski
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Współczesna polska paremiografia dla dzieci
Autorzy:
Szpila, Grzegorz
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1630432.pdf
Data publikacji:
2020-09-30
Wydawca:
Towarzystwo Kultury Języka
Tematy:
proverbs
contemporary paremiography
Polish
Opis:
The aim of this paper is a comprehensive examination of the contemporary collections and dictionaries of Polish proverbs for the young audience. The abundance of such publications in Poland enables the author to have a close look at numerous issues related to paremiography itself as well as the youngest readers. The paper analyses the content of the collections and dictionaries with a special focus on the selection of proverbs, the presentation of their semantics and pragmatics, their arrangement in the books and the illustration of their usage. The analysis reveals many differences between the collections regarding the number of items, their typology, the description of their meanings and use as well as the illustrative content. The paper suggests integrating the description of the contemporary proverb dictionaries for children with educational material with an eye to describing the ways in which proverbs are presented, explained and taught.
Źródło:
Poradnik Językowy; 2020, 776, 7; 85-97
0551-5343
Pojawia się w:
Poradnik Językowy
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
„Die Furcht ist auch hier wieder die Mutter der Moral“ Sprichwörtliche Aphorismen in Friedrich Nietzsches Jenseits von Gut und Böse
“Here Fear is Again the Mother of Morality” Proverbial Expressions in Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil
Autorzy:
Mieder, Wolfgang
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/504698.pdf
Data publikacji:
2013
Wydawca:
Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Oddział we Wrocławiu
Tematy:
Friedrich Nietzsche
Jenseits von Gut und Böse
German proverbs
anti-proverbs
proverbial expressions
Opis:
The highly expressive and metaphorical language of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical and literary works has been studied in numerous books and articles, but it is surprising that hardly anything has been said about his obvious inclination to use proverbs and proverbial expressions throughout his voluminous writings. Nietzsche himself was very well aware of his phraseological style that includes proverbs, proverbial expressions, proverbial comparisons, twin formulas, and also literary quotations. His well-known book Jenseits von Gut und Böse (1886, Beyond Good and Evil) is definitely no exception when it comes to the phraseological language of its aphorisms, fragments, and other short prose texts. When Nietzsche cites proverbs, he almost always varies them in such a way that his newly created anti-proverbs refl ect his search for a new value system diff erent from traditional moral codes. He clearly delights in creating blasphemous anti-proverbs from well-known Biblical proverbs. But he does the same with traditional folk proverbs, arguing that they too contain antiquated moral values. Some of these parodied, manipulated or alienated proverbs are also informed by Nietzsche’s dislike for moral didacticism, his own anti-feminism, and his desire to shock his readers into escaping from narrowly understood wisdom. Of course, Nietzsche uses also numerous proverbial phrases and idioms in order to add rhetorical strength to his arguments, relying heavily on employing such phraseological units as innovatively and at times shockingly as possible. Many contextualized examples will illustrate these points, showing that Nietzsche was indeed a masterful craftsman of employing proverbial language.
Źródło:
Academic Journal of Modern Philology; 2013, 2; 75-89
2299-7164
2353-3218
Pojawia się w:
Academic Journal of Modern Philology
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Ethnic stereotypes in Polish and Czech proverbs
Autorzy:
Raina, Olga V.
Shestakova - Stuk, Alena S.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/908858.pdf
Data publikacji:
2019-05-08
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
paremiology
proverbs
Polish
Czech
stereotypes
Opis:
Proverb is a genre of folklore and it is thought reflection of the whole nation. The proverbs contain rich material about the perception of the world and reflect the specific conditions of development of material and spiritual culture. The examined proverbs illustrate the stereotypes of the Poles and Czechs about themselves, their neighbours and other nations.
Źródło:
Bohemistyka; 2019, 1; 19-32
1642-9893
Pojawia się w:
Bohemistyka
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Body parts in Hausa proverbs
Autorzy:
Baldi, Sergio
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/969742.pdf
Data publikacji:
2012-12-10
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Orientalistyczny. Katedra Języków i Kultur Afryki
Tematy:
body parts
Hausa language
Hausa proverbs
Opis:
The word “proverb” from Latin “pro-verbium” (“pro” meaning “in front of” and “verbium” meaning “word”), suggests that a proverb takes the place of ordinary words. Proverbs have had a great influence on the lifestyles of many people, mainly through means of religion and culture. They are very common and employed in African societies, particularly in Hausa, a language very rich in this field. In this paper 28 Hausa proverbs, related to 14 human body parts, are quoted and some metaphorical usages of them, found in works listed in References, are given.
Źródło:
Studies in African Languages and Cultures; 2012, 46; 7-22
2545-2134
2657-4187
Pojawia się w:
Studies in African Languages and Cultures
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Субстандартная лексика русских пословиц и поговорок первой половины XVIII в.
Substandard Vocabulary in Russian Proverbs and Sayings From the First Half of the 18th Century
Autorzy:
Николаева, Елена
Николаев, Сергей
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2030916.pdf
Data publikacji:
2021
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
Tematy:
substandard vocabulary
phraseological unit
proverbs
phraseology
Źródło:
Slavia Orientalis; 2021, LXX, 3; 555-562
0037-6744
Pojawia się w:
Slavia Orientalis
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Towards a proverbial explanation of political instability in independent Nigeria
Autorzy:
Aremu, Johnson Olaosebikan
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1182946.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
political instability
proverbs
corruption
nigeria
ethnicity
Opis:
The challenge of political instability in Nigeria has defied all solutions till date. The National Youth Service Scheme introduced in 1973 and the Federal Character principle entrenched in the Constitution since 1979, among others, have failed to engender peace and stability in the polity. Judging from this, this paper offers a possible explanation for the seeming failure of all efforts to combat the monster of political instability in Nigeria since independence. Given the fact that most Nigerian leaders and commoners alike are always quick in reverting to some proverbs to rationalize their actions or inactions; five of the most widely acclaimed causes of political instability in Nigeria were examined vis-à-vis some selected Yoruba proverbs. This was done against the backdrop of a Yoruba proverb: Owe lesin oro, oro lesin owe; b’oro ba sonu, owe la fi n waa. (“A proverb is like a horse: when the truth is missing, we use a proverb to find it”). A thorough analysis reveals that political instability in Nigeria has its philosophical foundations well entrenched in the spirit of selected Nigerian proverbs and concludes that political stability may continue to elude the country as long as citizens indulge in hiding under the cover of the letters and spirit of selected Nigerian proverbs to perpetrate evil in governance.
Źródło:
World Scientific News; 2016, 49, 2; 307-320
2392-2192
Pojawia się w:
World Scientific News
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
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