Proverbs, commitment, and the evasion of responsibility
This article will tackle the different degrees and types of commitment at work in proverbial interaction. After an introduction to the notions of “commitment” and “proverb”, formal commitment will be briefly discussed through formulae that contain stance markers. More attention will then be paid to...
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| Main Author: | Damien Villers |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Anglophonia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/2718 |
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