some persian proverbs concern a problem and how to encounter it. the present paper seeks to examine such proverbs. findings indicate that in the analyzed proverbs, force image schemas have three options. in the first option, a problem is depicted as a barrier that cannot be removed. in these proverbs, there is no recommendation or solution for solving the problem. in the second option, the prob...

This article presents the task of automatic detection of proverbs in Brazilian Portuguese, from the intersection of the regular syntactic structure of proverbs and their core elements. We created finite-state automata that enabled us to look for these word combinations in running texts. The rationale behind this method consists in the fact that although proverbs may have a normal sentence struc...

Abstract Jibbali/Śḥərɛ̄́t is a language belonging to the Modern South Arabian ( msa ) branch of Semitic. It currently endangered and spoken by an estimate 50,000 ~ 70,000 people living in Omani governorate Dhofar. Similarly other languages, it unwritten, survival its speakers’ traditional knowledge rests on their ability memorise retain large amount information form poetry, songs, folk-tales prov...

The changing pattern of Indian proverbs is very much reflected in various literary creations, especially in modern Indian poetry. Proverbs are used in poetry as a mode of creative process which entails change. Indeed, it is mostly expressed in a poetic style of narration which may be termed as the style of ‘lokaabharan’. Various types of folk elements are used in the creative process and amongs...

Recent event related brain potential (ERP) results show that figurative interpretations of proverbial phrases (e.g., lightning never strikes the same place twice) elicit sustained slow cortical potentials that are more negative over the front of the head than for literal interpretations of the same phrases (Ferretti, Schwint, & Katz, under review). We extend this research by examining the influ...

the present study investigates the culture of development in hawrami proverbs. analysis of development-related variables is the basis of sociology. as collective phenomena, proverbs are part of the oral culture of a society and their investigation can sociologically explain cultural and social foundations of the society. this research attempts to specify 6 development-related parameters in hawr...

nushāfarin nāme is an iranian prose folk tale recounting the passionate love and courageous acts of “prince ibrahim”, the son of “jahangir shah”, a king of china, to attain the hand of his beloved, nushāfarin gowhartāj ,the daughter of damascus king. there are stylistic features of folk tales and traditional romances to be perceived in this tale, as heroic deeds, and the presence of supernatura...

the aim of this study is to investigate the role and the place of women and men in vulgar tales in the 60 selected vulgar tales exploiting parsons’ role theory and the infra- analysis method.the case tales are among which are narrated by people older than 50 years old. this paper aims, first to review the cultural elements which are verbally transferred from generation to generation, and, secon...