Contemporary Kazakh Proverb Research

This edited volume is a feast of contemporary Kazakh proverb research. You are invited to the low table, the Kazakh dastarkhan, where special dishes cover the table. Everything is within easy reach, and each of the delicacies is homemade, with a distinctive Kazakh flavor.

Autorentext

Gulnara Omarbekova is Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Her research focuses on comparative linguistics and lingua-cultural studies, and she has worked on both from a linguistic perspective. Erik Aasland is a folklorist specializing in ethnography, orality, and corpus linguistics. He has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary and is currently Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he teaches anthropology and research methods. He is President of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.

Inhalt

List of Figures List of Tables Gulnara Omarbekova: Foreword Contemporary Issues of Proverb Use Common Problems of Paremiology Proverbs as a Part of the Culture The Role of Proverbs in Pedagogy Notes on Contributors Index.