Proverbs are usually regarded as structurally fixed expressions. However, in daily communication, language users often change them to suit their communicative purposes many ways, resulting proverb variations. Using the data from Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA corpus), this study attempts present varieties “There two sides every coin” and explain variations perspective linguistic ...

proverb is one of the most beautiful rhetorical arts which makes delivering discourse close to the target and stabilizes meaning for the addressee. it has some features such as word briefness, suitable meaning,nice similie,fast circulation,ability to bring noticeable points closer to the reasonable ones and its acceptance by the public opinion. for this reason,this kind of innovative rhetorical...

In this paper, we experiment with a resource consisting of metaphorically annotated proverbs on the task of word-level metaphor recognition. We observe that existing feature sets do not perform well on this data. We design a novel set of features to better capture the peculiar nature of proverbs and we demonstrate that these new features are significantly more effective on the metaphorically de...

This article argues that Proverbs 18:4 contains an exceptionally rich use of water as metaphors in sapiential literature. At the same time, verse illustrates multivalent applicability a single proverb. Israel’s natural environment is shortly described pictured biblical texts, suggesting interplay and dry land ancient Near East. Water dryness have ambivalent functions, both are necessary can be ...

In 1951, the secluded Neo-Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of Zakho migrated collectively to Israel. It carried with it its unique language, culture and customs, many which bore resemblance those found in classical rabbinic literature. Like others Kurdistan, for example, Jews retained a vibrant tradition creating performing songs based on embellishing biblical stories Aggadic traditions. Despi...

While some individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum can perform normally on standardized intelligence tests, clinical observations suggest that they nevertheless have deficits in the domains of fluid and social intelligence. Particularly important for social competence is adequate understanding and use of paralinguistic information. This study examined the impact of callosal absence on ...