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Punning in Hungarian anti-proverbs

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Vargha K., Litovkina A. T.

The European Journal of Humour Research

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2013

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vol. 1

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issue 3

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Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation. Wolfgang Mieder has coined the term “Antisprichwort” (anti-proverb) for such deliberate proverb innovations. There are a number of mechanisms of proverb variation (which are by no means mutually exclusive), e.g., adding a tail to the original text, replacing a single word, melting two proverbs, reversing word order, reversing sounds, and many others (on the most common types of alteration in Hungarian anti-proverbs, see T. Litovkina, Vargha 2012). Anti-proverbs may contain revealing social comments, but they may also be based on mere wordplay or puns, and they may very often be just a product generated solely for the goal of deriving play forms. When translated from one language to another, an anti-proverb might lose its message: the puns, parodies or wordplay characteristic of one language will seldom carry over successfully into another. The present article focuses on one of the most popular techniques of proverb variation, punning. After treating the most frequent types of punning in Hungarian anti-proverbs (paronyms and homonyms), we will briefly consider some other types of puns (puns playing upon personal names, splitting of one word into two, merging of two words into one, bilingual puns, double/triple puns, and repetitive puns). The anti-proverbs discussed in this article were recorded by Anna T. Litovkina and Katalin Vargha and come from their corpus of over 7000 Hungarian anti-proverbs, some of which have already been published (see T. Litovkina, Vargha 2005a, 2005b, 2006).

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“Make love, not war…Get married and do both”: Negative aspects of marriage in anti-proverbs and wellerisms

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T. Litovkina A.

The European Journal of Humour Research

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2017

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vol. 5

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issue 4

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In the present study I am going to explore negative aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American anti-proverbs (i.e., deliberate proverb innovations (also known as alterations, parodies, transformations, variations, wisecracks, mutations, or fractured proverbs) and wellerisms (a form of folklore normally made up of three parts: 1) a statement, 2) a speaker who makes this remark, and 3) a phrase that places the utterance into an unexpected, contrived situation. The meaning of the proverb, proverbial phrase or other statement is usually distorted by being placed into striking juxtaposition with the third part of the wellerisms). Another aim of the study is also to depict those who adhere to the institution of marriage, that is, wives and husbands, and analyse their nature, qualities, attributes and behaviours as revealed through Anglo-American anti-proverbs and wellerisms. My discussion is organized in two parts. The anti-proverbs and wellerisms discussed in the present study were taken primarily from American and British written sources. The texts of anti-proverbs were drawn from hundreds of books and articles on puns, one-liners, toasts, wisecracks, quotations, aphorisms, maxims, quips, epigrams, and graffiti collected in two dictionaries of anti-proverbs compiled by Anna T. Litovkina and Wolfgang Mieder (see Mieder & Tóthné Litovkina 1999; T. Litovkina & Mieder 2006). The texts of wellerims are primarily quoted from the dictionary of wellerisms (see Mieder & Kingsbury 1994).

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Der Klügere impft nach - innovative Transformationen von Sprichwörtern während der SARS-COV-2-Pandemie

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Gabryel A.

Heteroglossia- studia kulturoznawczo-filologiczne

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2022

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issue 13

143-164

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This article is an attempt to analyze anti-proverbs related to the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, extracted from Twitter under the hashtag #covidsprichwörter. The subject of the study is all paremiological neologisms in relation to their source proverbs, in order to be able to determine which of the traditional proverbs enjoy particular popularity among Twitter users due to the number of existing variants. In order to achieve the stated goal, the topic of anti-proverbs is first analyzed. In the next part, the new formations are examined for their formal similarity with the prototypical proverbs in relation to the syntax and type of transformation.

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O przekształceniach przysłowia Niedaleko pada jabłko od jabłoni we współczesnej polszczyźnie

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Miturska-Bojanowska J.

Język Polski

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2019

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vol. 99

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issue 4

97-107

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We współczesnej polszczyźnie obserwujemy zarówno proces zanikania przysłów, jak i powstawanie nowych jednostek paremiologicznych. Ponadto jesteśmy świadkami przekształcania paremii już istniejących. Do takich przysłów znanych użytkownikom języka polskiego od stuleci i mających swoje ekwiwalenty w innych językach należy fraza Niedaleko pada jabłko od jabłoni. W artykule zaprezentowano przykłady „ożywiania” tytułowej paremii, manifestujące się w postaci kontekstualnych modyfikacji formy i/lub treści.

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In contemporary Polish, one can observe both the disappearance and formation of new paremiological units. In addition, one often witnesses or even participates in transforming the existing ones. The proverb Niedaleko pada jabłko od jabłoni (The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree), which has equivalents in other languages, has been known to users of the Polish language for centuries. The article presents examples of revitalizing this proverb, manifested in the form of contextual modifications of form and / or content.

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Antyprzysłowia, memy, antyslogany. Kontrmówienie jako strategia komunikacji

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Kozioł-Chrzanowska E.

Socjolingwistyka

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2014

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issue 28

49-66

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Kontrmówienie to zjawisko realizujące się w opozycji do mówienia oficjalnego, obowiązującego w danym społeczeństwie i czasie. Kontrmówienie może przejawiać się w przeciwstawieniu się konkretnej standardowej jednostce języka lub tekstu (frazeologizm, przysłowie, zagadka itp.). W jego ramach powstają też samodzielne twory językowe opozycyjne do ogólniej rozumianego mówienia przyjętego oficjalnie w danej społeczności i w danym czasie. Do charakterystycznych cech przejawów kontrmówienia można zaliczyć powtarzalność i zwięzłość, często również wykorzystywanie znanych tekstów kultury (skrzydlatych słów, obrazów, zdjęć). Kontrmówienie, choć samo w sobie nie jest nowym zjawiskiem, zmienia się obecnie (przybiera na sile, wykorzystuje nowe formy, takie jak memy internetowe) pod wpływem nowych kanałów komunikacji (Internet, SMS-y) oraz wszechobecnej karnawalizacji kultury.

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Contraspeech is a linguistic phenomenon of oposing the traditional forms of communication used in a given society in a specific time. It may mean changing typical language constructions and species (proverbs, slogans, riddles etc.) or creating a new linguistic form — differing from the official communication codes of the society. All types of contraspeech are repetitive and concise; they often use well-known texts of culture (e.g. maxims, photos, paintings). This practice is developing owing to carnivalization of contemporary culture, the ability of building speech communities and its characteristic brevity. However contraspeech is not an entirely new phenomenon, it has changed recently due to using new means of communication, especially internet memes.

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Беларускія антыпрыказкі як з’ява нацыянальнай лінгвакультуры

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Ivanov E.

Językoznawstwo

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2020

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vol. 14

83-106

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The article deals with the concept of anti-proverb, the main stages of its development and research as a linguistic phenomenon. The problem of studying and lexicographical representation of anti-proverbs in the modern Belarusian language is determined. The history of development, composition, main areas of usage, thematic groups, varieties of prototypes (source texts), the most productive methods of derivation, connection with the content of the source text, structural types and variant forms of Belarusian anti-proverbs are described.

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W artykule rozpatrywane jest pojęcie antyprzysłowia, główne etapy jego rozwoju i analizy jako zjawiska lingwistycznego. Określono problem badania i opracowań leksykograficznych antyprzysłów we współczesnym języku białoruskim. Opisano historię rozwoju, skład, podstawowe sfery użycia, grupy tematyczne, odmiany prototypów (tekstów wyjściowych), najbardziej produktywne sposoby derywacji, związek z treścią tekstu wyjściowego, typy strukturalne oraz formy wariacyjne białoruskich antyprzysłów.

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У артыкуле разглядаецца паняцце антыпрыказкі, асноўныя этапы яе развіцця і вывучэння як лінгвістычнага феномена. Акрэсліваецца праблема даследавання і лексікаграфічнага апісання антыпрыказак у сучаснай беларускай мове. Вызначаюцца і паслядоўна апісваюцца гісторыя развіцця, аб’ём і склад, асноўныя сферы ўжывання, тэматычныя групы, разнавіднасці прататыпаў (зыходных тэкстаў), прадуктыўныя спосабы дэрывацыі, віды сувязі з прататыпам, структурныя тыпы і варыянтныя формы беларускіх антыпрыказак.

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