Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

R. Doctor. "Gujerati Proverbs: An Analytical Study." Lore and Language, 4, i:1- 30.

A brief analytical study of Gujerati folk proverbs of western India which discusses the proverb on two levels: that of the internal structure of the proverb iself and that of the argumentative application of the proverb to specific situations. Four sublevels of structure are treated: form of expression, substance of expression, substance of content (theme), and form of content (semiotics and logic). Illustrates how "Gujerati proverbs reflect the society and the ethos which gave rise to them" (2) and discusses the methods through which symbolic logic, linguistic philosophy, and semantics can provide new approaches to the study of proverbs.
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