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Proverb Studies

Proverb Studies is a subdiscipline of folklore studies that systematically analyzes proverbs as linguistic expressions of folk knowledge, examining their structural properties, functional roles, and mechanisms of cultural transmission and retention within communities.

360

Publications

10.9K

Citations

411

Authors

139

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

51

Variants

ParemiologyProverbs

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Publications

360

Proverbs Are Never out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age

David Mayer, Wolfgang Mieder · Asian Folklore Studies · 1994 · 255 citations

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Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire

C. C. W. Taylor, Johannes Fabian · Ethnohistory · 1992 · 186 citations

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What Folklore Tells Us about Risk and Risk Taking: Cross-Cultural Comparisons of American, German, and Chinese Proverbs.

Elke U. Weber, Christopher K. Hsee · PubMed · 1998 · 176 citations

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A comprehensive Indonesian-English dictionary

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 152 citations

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Power and performance: ethnographic explorations through proverbial wisdom and theater in Shaba, Zaire

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 151 citations

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Authors

411

  1. WM
    Wolfgang Mieder

    Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain

    21 publications · 986 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. AT
    Archer Taylor

    6 publications · 139 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. RP
    Richard P. Honeck

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    4 publications · 109 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. RN
    R. N. Whybray

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 78 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. BJ
    B. J. Whiting

    4 publications · 94 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

139

  1. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    314 citations

  2. Peoples' Friendship University of Russia

    Moscow, Russia

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    112 citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    79 citations

  4. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    65 citations

  5. Mogilev State A.Kuleshov University

    Mogilev, Belarus

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    112 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    229 citations

  7. University of Vermont

    Burlington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  8. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    229 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 24 publications · 585 citations

    15

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 16 publications · 871 citations

    15

    h-index

  3. Vetus Testamentum

    12 publications · 333 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. Journal of Biblical Literature

    SBL · 12 publications · 281 citations

    11

    h-index

  5. Western Folklore

    10 publications · 283 citations

    10

    h-index

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See also

Proverb Studies

Core Methods

Cultural Transmission

Social Functions

Structural Features