Jean-Michel Gouvard : Proverbial forms
The word proverb refers to a wide range of utterances among which it is hard to find one's way. I show that it is impossible to study such an array without distinguishing between subclasses of « proverbs » and taking into account all aspects of language. Only afterwards it will be possible to examine the role of proverbs in poetry.
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