Don’t ‘gossips and frogs’ tell us anything nowadays? – a study of Polish and French priamels Cover Image

Czy „dzieci i ryby” nic nam dziś nie mówią? – rzecz o polskich i francuskich priamelach
Don’t ‘gossips and frogs’ tell us anything nowadays? – a study of Polish and French priamels

Author(s): Magdalena Lipińska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: paremiology; proverb; priamel

Summary/Abstract: The work is a comparison of surveys conducted among Polish and French students meant to establish the passive and active knowledge of priamels being a formal, meaning based type of proverbs. The above mentioned sentences appeared to be more familiar for young Poles rather than young Frenchmen.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 91-103
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish