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A Dictionary of American Proverbs Hardback - 1991

by Wolfgang Mieder (Editor); Stewart A. Kingsbury (Editor); Kelsie B. Harder (Editor)

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A treasury of more than 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in popular speech in the U.S. and Canada. As the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written sources, it includes thousands of uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded as well as many thousands of traditional sayings that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European and American literature. Extensive bibliography lists both primary and secondary sources.

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A Dictionary of American Proverbs is a treasury of more than 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in popular speech in the United States and Canada. As the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written sources, it includes thousands of uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded as well as many thousands of traditional sayings that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European, and American literature.
This unparalleled collection will delight the general reader as well as the specialist. Collected here are nuggets of popular wisdom on all aspects of American life: weather, agriculture, geography, travel, money, business, food, neighbors, friends, manners, government, politics, law, health, education, religion, music, song, and dance.
Field work on the Dictionary was conducted over thirty years under the direction of the Committee on Proverbial Sayings of the American Dialect Society and resulted in 15,000 records of proverbial texts which have been edited for this collection. The result is an invaluable reference for general readers and students, as well as cultural historians, folklorists, linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars of literature.

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  • Title A Dictionary of American Proverbs
  • Author Wolfgang Mieder (Editor); Stewart A. Kingsbury (Editor); Kelsie B. Harder (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, NY
  • Publication date 1991-12-05
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9780195053999 / 0195053990
  • Weight 2.63 lbs (1.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.72 x 6.26 x 1.84 in (24.69 x 15.90 x 4.67 cm)
  • Category Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects Proverbs, American
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91015508
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.921

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  • ALA Ref Srces for Small/Med Li, 01/01/2000, Page 253
  • Booklist, 02/01/1992, Page 1052
  • Library Journal, 12/01/1991, Page 0
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