Anna T. Litovkina

List of John Benjamins publications for which Anna T. Litovkina plays a role.

Articles

In the present chapter I am going to discuss the ways how love after marriage is viewed and conceptualised in the body of Anglo-American proverbs and anti-proverbs (or proverb transformations), as well as in proverbs from around the world. My discussion is organised in two parts. While in the… read more
Litovkina, Anna T. 2011 Sexuality in Anglo-American anti-proverbsThe Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 191–214 | Article
Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct. On the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on relevant situations. Wolfgang Mieder has coined the term “Antisprichwort” (anti-proverb) for such deliberate proverb innovations, based on distortions of… read more