SIL Forum for Language Fieldwork 2008-002
Collecting, using, and enjoying proverbs
| Author |
Unseth, Peter
|
| Abstract | This article presents a dozen ways that collecting local proverbs can be useful. Many of these points have already been written about at length by others. Rather than present a detailed review of the literature on these subjects, this paper present these topics in a way that is meant to share my enthusiasm. |
| View Collecting, using, and enjoying proverbs 114 KB, 5 pages | |
| Published | 2008 |
| Language |
Amharic [amh] Ethnologue entry for Amharic |
| Country |
Ethiopia |
| Subjects |
Ethnolinguistics Proverbs and maxims |
| Keywords | oral wisdom, proverbs. valued traits, meter, alliteration, rhyme |
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