{"product_id":"proverbs-of-the-pennsylvania-germans-paperback","title":"Proverbs of the Pennsylvania Germans - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwin Miller Fogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eProverbs of the Pennsylvania Germans \u003c\/i\u003eis a follow-up and companion volume to Edwin Miller Fogel's 1915 publication \u003ci\u003eBeliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans. \u003c\/i\u003eThis volume focuses on the proverb in its broadest sense, including adages, aphorisms, and some appropriate idiomatic expressions. This \"spontaneous expression of experience,\" so widely used in the Germanic linguistic tradition, is in Fogel's words \"the very bone and sinew of the [Pennsylvania German] dialect.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is the result of the author's years of field research in Pennsylvania and comprises over two thousand proverbs dealing with all facets of folklife. Each entry is accompanied by an English translation and often, where applicable, a High German translation. Citations also note instances in which a parallel proverb had been documented in either a British or High German collection. The proverbs are arranged alphabetically by keyword, in the conventional style for a collection such as this one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly one hundred proverbs deemed \"vulgar,\" which were originally published separately with only High German translations, have been reproduced as an appendix in this Metalmark edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwin Miller Fogel\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1874-1949) was a scholar of German language and its Pennsylvania dialects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52634714243379,"sku":"9780271036458","price":50.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/X9NjBS8jQ19780271036458.webp?v=1762250028","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/proverbs-of-the-pennsylvania-germans-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}