paremiology
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English
Alternative forms
- paroemiology, (archaic) parœmiology
Etymology
From paremia (“proverb”) + -ology, from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía).
Pronunciation
Noun
paremiology (uncountable)
- The study of proverbs.
- 2015, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Melita Aleksa Varga, editors, Introduction to Paremiology: A Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 107:
- In this respect, paremiology can immensely contribute to the more general study of culture from a semiotic point of view, or in a semiotic perspective. But culture is a process, a synchronous snapshot, at best, being subject to constant changes.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
the study of proverbs
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Further reading
paremiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
