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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2019-12-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/2718
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