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Publication Date: July 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0878058907 | ISBN-13: 978-0878058907

A groundbreaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present

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Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi (July 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0878058907
ISBN-13: 978-0878058907
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
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This study will examine the functions and meanings of proverbs spoken by African-American speakers in context, beginning with the earliest historical period in which there are substantial records available and ending with present-day examples. Read the first page

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proverb speech act, proverbial items, proverb usage, proverb master, proverbial speech, proverb application, proverb scholars, act functioned, proverb performances, situational meaning, proverb meaning, proverbial usage, proverb texts, situational level, two clean sheets, particular proverb, whistling woman, given proverb, conversational genres, instructional assistant, second proverb, grammatical level, mouth write, traditional proverbs, proverb metaphor

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Mama Day by Gloria Naylor on 10 pages
Wisdom Of Many: Essays On The Proverb by Wolfgang Mieder on 7 pages
Wise Words: Essays on the Proverb (Folklore Casebooks) by Mieder on 6 pages
Jamaica Negro Proverbs And Sayings by Izett Anderson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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Rooted in the Chants of Slaves, Blacks in the Humanities, 1985-1997 by Donald Franklin Joyce on page 53
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