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- Two Words to the Wise: Reflections on Polish Language, Literature, and Folklore
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- 2008
- Published by: Slavica Publishers
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Table of Contents
- pp. v-viii
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xii
- 1. Two Words to the Wise
- pp. 1-3
- 2. Winged Words
- pp. 4-6
- 3. Bullish on Proverbs
- pp. 7-9
- 4. Harvest Festival
- pp. 10-12
- 5. From Month to Month
- pp. 13-14
- 7. Fine Distinctions
- pp. 18-20
- 8. Husbands and Wives
- pp. 21-23
- 9. The Name of the Devil
- pp. 24-26
- 10. Talking Turkey
- pp. 27-30
- 11. Christmas
- pp. 31-33
- 12. New Year's Day
- pp. 34-36
- 13. Orange (and Green) Ukraine
- pp. 37-40
- 14. Celebrations
- pp. 41-43
- 15. Relativity
- pp. 44-46
- 16. "O Mouse!" and Other Vocatives
- pp. 47-49
- 17. Foodways
- pp. 50-52
- 18. Donuts and Dialects
- pp. 53-55
- 19. Why Not Italia?
- pp. 56-59
- 20. Colors
- pp. 60-62
- 21. Animal Stories
- pp. 63-65
- 22. More Animal Stories
- pp. 66-69
- 23. St. John's Eve
- pp. 70-72
- 24. Euphemisms
- pp. 73-75
- 25. Polish vs. English Spelling
- pp. 76-79
- 26. Urban Folksongs
- pp. 80-82
- 27. New Words and Meanings
- pp. 83-85
- 28. More New Words and Meanings
- pp. 86-88
- 30. Weather Words
- pp. 92-95
- 31. A Little Bird Told Me
- pp. 96-99
- 32. False Friends
- pp. 100-102
- 33. Positions Abstract and Concrete
- pp. 103-105
- 34. Miner's Day
- pp. 106-108
- 35. Christmas Presents
- pp. 109-111
- 36. Republics and Councils
- pp. 112-114
- 39. What Do You Have on Your liver?
- pp. 123-125
- 40. International Women's Day
- pp. 126-128
- 41. For April Fool's Day
- pp. 129-132
- 42. The Language of Flowers
- pp. 133-135
- 43. A Caseful of Cases
- pp. 136-138
- 44. Forget-me-not
- pp. 139-141
- 45. Spirits and Ghosts
- pp. 142-144
- 46. Signs of the Zodiac
- pp. 145-148
- 47. Only in Lwów
- pp. 149-152
- 49. Mosquitoes
- pp. 156-159
- 50. Us and Them
- pp. 160-162
- 51. We're on Vacation
- pp. 163-165
- 52. Street Ballads
- pp. 166-169
- 53. Minorities
- pp. 170-173
- 54. Vegetables
- pp. 174-177
- 56. Yet Another Dictionary
- pp. 181-183
- 57. Department of Galician Studies
- pp. 184-187
- 58. Giving Thanks
- pp. 188-191
- 59. It's Elementary
- pp. 192-194
- 60. Winter
- pp. 195-197
- 61. Three Kings
- pp. 198-200
- 62. Grandparents' Days
- pp. 201-204
- 63. Officers and Soldiers
- pp. 205-207
- 64. Wandering Melodies
- pp. 208-211
- 65. Groundhogs and Other Animals
- pp. 212-215
- 66. Resisting Occupation
- pp. 216-219
- 67. Musical Words
- pp. 220-223
- 68. Why Polish Is So Hard
- pp. 224-227
- 70. Maria Konopnicka
- pp. 232-236
- Index of Polish Words and Expressions
- pp. 237-252
- Back Cover
- p. 266
Additional Information
ISBN
9780893578619
Related ISBN(s)
9780893573614
MARC Record
OCLC
899261098
Pages
260
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
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No
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