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Chapter
3
Defining
the
proverb
3.0
Introduction
This
chapter
begins
with
a
critical
review
of
research
on
the
definition
of
the
proverb.
The
review
includes
sections
on
traditional
and
structural
definitions,
before
distinguishing
supercultural
from
ethnographic
definitions
and
discussing
definition
via
feature
matrix.
Since
proverb
definitions
involve
syntactic,
semantic
and
pragmatic
considerations,
this
chapter
provides
a
general
introduction
to
the
state
of
the
art
in
proverb
research
as
a
whole.
Finally,
on
the
basis
of
the
critical
review,
a
linguistic
definition
of
the
proverb
will
be
proposed.
3.1
Traditional
proverb
definitions
Through
the
years
scholars
have
repeatedly
identified
certain
defining
characteristics
of
proverbs.
Proverbs
are
consistently
described
as
self-contained,
pithy,
traditional
expressions
with
didactic
content
and
fixed,
poetic
form
3
.
We
will
investigate
these
3.
I
use
the
everyday,
rather
more
folkloristic
than
linguistic
terms
of
the
literature
I
am
reviewing
here:
self-contained,
pithy,
traditional
etc.,
and
stick
with
them
in
the
following
chapters
to
the
extent
that
they
can
meaningfully
be
assigned
expedious
linguistic
definitions.
Table of contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Aim and focus
- 1.2 Why study proverbs?
- 1.3 The corpus
- 1.4 Organization
- Chapter 2 Proverbs in texts and interactions
- 2.0 Introduction
- 2.1 How proverbs mean in texts
- 2.2 How proverbs mean in interactions
- 2.3 Summary
- Chapter 3 Defining the proverb
- 3.0 Introduction
- 3.1 Traditional proverb definitions
- 3.2 Structural proverb definitions
- 3.3 Supercultural versus ethnographic genre
- 3.4 Definition via feature matrix
- 3.5 A linguistically founded proverb definition
- Chapter 4 Literal proverb meaning
- 4.0 Introduction
- 4.1 Why literal readings for proverbs?
- 4.2 Ungrammatical proverbs
- 4.3 Summary
- Chapter 5 Figurative proverb meaning
- 5.0 Introduction
- 5.1 Research on proverbial figures
- 5.2 Synecdochic proverbs
- 5.3 Metaphoric proverbs
- 5.4 Metonymic proverbs
- 5.5 Hyperbolic proverbs
- 5.6 Paradoxical proverbs
- 5.7 Conclusions
- Chapter 6 The proverb inventory
- 6.0 Introduction
- 6.1 Inventory entries
- 6.2 Relations between entries
- Chapter 7 Conclusions and directions for research
- Appendix A: The annotated F-Corpus
- Appendix B: Proverbs in four Shakespearian plays
- Bibliography
- General Index