“No body is perfect” somatic aspects of modern American proverbs

Автор: Mieder Wolfgang

Журнал: Евразийский гуманитарный журнал @evrazgum-journal

Статья в выпуске: 1, 2020 года.

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While somatic proverbs and proverbial expressions have been collected and studied extensively, they have dealt primarily with older and traditional materials. Very little is known about the role that various body parts play in proverbs coined during the past century. Based on “The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs” (2012), it is shown that newer American proverbs contain numerous references to such somatic words like eye, foot, hand, head, mouth, nose, and others. Quite a few are straight forward indicative sentences, but there are also numerous metaphorical proverbs commenting on modern life and its multifaceted challenges including the emphasis on the body, beauty, health, and sexuality. To a certain degree these modern proverbs reflect the mores and worldview of the American society.

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American, anti-proverb, body, metaphor, modernity, mores, origin, proverb, semantics, sexuality, somatism, worldview

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