Proverbs of the Pennsylvania Germans - Couverture souple

Fogel, Edwin Miller, Ph.D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271036451 ISBN 13 : 9780271036458

Editeur : Metalmark Books, 2009

Synopsis

Proverbs of the Pennsylvania Germans is a follow-up and companion volume to Edwin Miller Fogel&;s 1915 publication Beliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans. This volume focuses on the proverb in its broadest sense, including adages, aphorisms, and some appropriate idiomatic expressions. This &;spontaneous expression of experience,&; so widely used in the Germanic linguistic tradition, is in Fogel&;s words &;the very bone and sinew of the [Pennsylvania German] dialect.&;

This collection is the result of the author&;s years of field research in Pennsylvania and comprises over two thousand proverbs dealing with all facets of folklife. Each entry is accompanied by an English translation and often, where applicable, a High German translation. Citations also note instances in which a parallel proverb had been documented in either a British or High German collection. The proverbs are arranged alphabetically by keyword, in the conventional style for a collection such as this one.

Nearly one hundred proverbs deemed &;vulgar,&; which were originally published separately with only High German translations, have been reproduced as an appendix in this Metalmark edition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edwin Miller Fogel (1874&;1949) was a scholar of German language and its Pennsylvania dialects.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Metalmark Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0271036451
• ISBN 13: 9780271036458
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 231
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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