TY - JOUR AU - Many, Daniel PY - 2020/10/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Book review: Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Hrisztalina; T. Litovkina, Anna; Barta, Péter; Vargha, Katalin (2018). Anti-proverbs today: a comparative linguistic analysis of five languages [A közmondásferdítések ma: Öt nyelv antiproverbiumainak nyelvészeti vizsgálata]. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó. JF - The European Journal of Humour Research JA - EJHR VL - 8 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ww.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/369 SP - 137-141 AB - <p>In the present book, the authors deal not only with traditional, well-known proverbs, but mostly with their modified versions, anti-proverbs. Anti-proverbs permeate all aspects of our lives and appear in a broad range of generic contexts. Although the alterations of proverbs are as old as proverbs themselves, their proliferation resulting from the rapid development of media is now faster than ever.</p> ER -