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Publication details [#29008]

Charteris-Black, Jonathan. 1995. Proverbs in communication. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 16 (4) : 259–268.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

applied linguistics | communication | crosslinguistic perspective | proverb

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper examines the value of proverbs in developing crosslinguistic understanding of professionals especially with regard to three key aspects of communication: figurative language, politeness behavior and topic control.