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proverbs (form)
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294933662
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-03-23
DUT
proverbs (form)
DAT
Added 2006. For publications indexed before 2006, see proverbs.
DIR
For publications ABOUT proverbs, use proverbs. Examples: 1. Wit and wisdom of Africa : proverbs from Africa and the Caribbean / coll. and ed. by Patrick Ibekwe. Descriptors: Caribbean, Africa, proverbs (form) 2. The semantics of female devaluation in Igbo proverbs / Obododimma Oha. Descriptors: Nigeria, proverbs, women, Igbo
IND
4
MIS
A short traditional saying of a didactic or advisory nature, in which a generalization is given specific, often metaphorical, expression (The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 1992).
PPN
294933662
UDC
398x
SN
Designates publications of proverbs.
MRF
(0)
398.9
RT
proverbs
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