The field of paremiology is traditionally an interdisciplinary one starting with folklore, paremiology, language, literature, history, and other fields, their m

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas

This handbook introduces key elements of the philological research area called paremiology (the study of proverbs). It presents the main subject area as well as

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