paremiology

Noun

Meaning

paremiology (uncountable)

The study of proverbs.

Examples

A broad introduction to proverb study, Introduction to Paremiology, edited by Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt and Melita Aleksa Varga has been published in both hardcover and free open access, with articles by a dozen different authors. Source: Internet

Mieder has published a two-volume International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology, with a topical, language, and author index. Source: Internet

Proverbs have been noted as common in subtitles of articles p. 154. Introduction to Paremiology. Source: Internet

There are several types and styles of proverbs which are analyzed within Paremiology as is the use and misuse of familiar expressions which are not strictly 'proverbial' in the dictionary definition of being fixed sentences. Source: Internet

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