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Proverb Functions

Proverb Functions is the academic concept denoting the specific communicative, cultural, and cognitive roles that proverbs fulfill in discourse, distinguished by their function as conventional linguistic expressions that encapsulate and convey shared wisdom, values, or social norms within particular speech communities.

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55

Authors

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2017–2026

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Publications

39

Proverbs and the Ethnography of Speaking Folklore<sup>1</sup>

E. Ojo Arewa, Alan Dundes · American Anthropologist · 1964 · 125 citations

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Proverbes et formes proverbiales : valeur évidentielle et argumentative

Jean-Claude Anscombre · Langue française · 1994 · 83 citations

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Political grandstanding and the use of proverbs in African political discourse

Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo · Discourse & Society · 2009 · 69 citations

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The Neurology of Proverbs

Diana Van Lancker · Behavioural Neurology · 1990 · 59 citations · Full text

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Measuring the impairment of the abstracting function with the proverbs test

Clyde M. Elmore, Donald R. Gorham · Journal of Clinical Psychology · 1957 · 55 citations

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Authors

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  1. ME
    Moha Ennaji

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  2. DR
    Donald R. Gorham

    Perry Point VA Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 55 citations

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  3. NC
    Nilüfer Can Daşkın

    Hacettepe University, Türkiye

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. JV
    Jacqueline Vayntrub

    Episcopal Divinity School, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. AO
    Annabella Osei‐Tutu

    University of Ghana, Ghana

    1 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    75 citations

  2. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  3. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. Neuropsychiatric Research Institute

    Fargo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  5. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  6. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. Jambi University

    Jambi City, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  8. University of North Dakota

    Grand Forks, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

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Venues

  1. Discourse & Society

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  2. Journal of African Cultural Studies

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 2 publications · 26 citations

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    1 publications · 32 citations

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