Actions speak louder than words, Stupid is as stupid does: Lexico-grammatical changes of proverbs in American press and web communication

The paper presents a corpus-inspired analysis of lexico-grammatical changes of proverbs in American press and web communication as documented in two synchronous and historical corpora (namely COCA and COHA). Being a case study of two proverbs, Actions speak louder than words and Handsome is as hands...

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Main Author: P. Dronov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Moscow Pedagogical State University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education 2020-09-01
Series:Rhema. Рема
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Online Access:https://rhema-journal.com/Rema_2020_3_Dronov.pdf