The Resource A Dictionary of American proverbs, Wolfgang Mieder, editor in chief ; Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, editors
A Dictionary of American proverbs, Wolfgang Mieder, editor in chief ; Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, editors
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- Summary
- A treasury of more than 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in popular speech in the U.S. and Canada. As the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written sources, it includes thousands of uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded as well as many thousands of traditional sayings that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European and American literature. Extensive bibliography lists both primary and secondary sources
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 710 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195053999
- Label
- A Dictionary of American proverbs
- Title
- A Dictionary of American proverbs
- Statement of responsibility
- Wolfgang Mieder, editor in chief ; Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, editors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A treasury of more than 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in popular speech in the U.S. and Canada. As the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written sources, it includes thousands of uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded as well as many thousands of traditional sayings that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European and American literature. Extensive bibliography lists both primary and secondary sources
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 398.9/21/0973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN6426
- LC item number
- .D53 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- dictionaries
- NLM call number
- PN 6426
- NLM item number
- D554 1992
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Mieder, Wolfgang
- Kingsbury, Stewart A
- Harder, Kelsie B
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- Proverbs, American
- Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic
- Proverbs, American
- Label
- A Dictionary of American proverbs, Wolfgang Mieder, editor in chief ; Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, editors
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-710)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 710 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195053999
- Lccn
- 91015508
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- 3058559
- (OCoLC)23693799
- (OCoLC)ocm23693799
- 180607
- 3058559
- Label
- A Dictionary of American proverbs, Wolfgang Mieder, editor in chief ; Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, editors
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-710)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 710 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195053999
- Lccn
- 91015508
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- 3058559
- (OCoLC)23693799
- (OCoLC)ocm23693799
- 180607
- 3058559
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