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A Dictionary of Wellerisms (Hardcover, annotated edition): Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury A Dictionary of Wellerisms (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury
R1,053 Discovery Miles 10 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The wellerism--so called in English because it is a form of expression typical or reminiscent of Sam Weller or his father, two celebrated characters in Dickens's Pickwick Papers--is a major subtype of the proverb. Known since Sumerian times, it has been popular in most European languages and some African languages. As defined by folklorists and proverb scholars, a wellerism consists of three parts: a speech or statement (often a proverb), identification of the speaker, and identification of the situation, which gives the expression an ironic or humorous twist, often in the form of a pun.

. "Prevention is better than cure," said the pig when it ran away from the butcher.
. "We'll have to rehearse that," said the undertaker as the coffin fell out of the car.
A Dictionary of Wellerisms is the first work to collect all of the wellerisms recorded in the English language. Drawing on periodical literature and other scholarly sources, Mieder and Kingsbury have assembled, edited, and annotated a collection of wellerisms including over 1500 texts found in British, American, Canadian, and other English-language literatures and oral collections. Mieder's preface, bibliography, and extensive introduction explaining the history, meaning, and function of wellerisms, are supplemented by an index of speakers and an index of situations.
Containing a wealth of wit and humor, A Dictionary of Wellerisms is both entertaining and informative, appealing to the casual browser as well as to students and scholars of literature, psychology, folklore, linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history."

A Dictionary of American Proverbs (Hardcover, New): Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder A Dictionary of American Proverbs (Hardcover, New)
Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder
R2,737 Discovery Miles 27 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Proving conclusively that `mad folks and proverbs reveal many truths', this is an authoritative and hugely browsable treasury of over 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in the United States and Canada.

Based on oral as well as written sources, it covers thousands of uniquely American proverbs as well as those hailing from classical, biblical, European, and English literature. The culmination of over 40 years' research, the dictionary includes nuggets of wisdom on all aspects of life: weather, romance, food, families, politics, health, religion, and the arts, and includes thousands of proverbs that have never previously been recorded.

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