Collections of proverbs, proverbial expressions, idioms,
and slurs continue to appear around the world. The 87 titles
of this annual bibliography show that scholarly as well as
popular collections abound in most languages. It must,
however, be stated that many collections are indeed intended
primarily for the general reader. Most of them lack
scholarly annotations by skilled paremiographers and
lexicographers. But there are numerous exceptions, as can be
seen from titles that contain several hundred pages. There
are also once again a number of bilingual collections of
phrases and idioms that are of much use for translators. Of
particular value to paremiographers are quite naturally
those collections that are based on historical and/or
comparative materials. Much still needs to be done in this
area, and it behooves scholars from such varied fields as
paremiography, lexicography, and cultural history to work
together on major proverb collections of this type. A most
impressive example of this type of work is the massive Wörterbuch der Redensarten zu der von Karl Kraus
1899 bis 1936 herausgegebenen Zeitschrift "Die Fackel", ed. Werner Welzig (Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen
Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1999) with its 1055 pages.
As has always been the case with these annual
bibliographies, I wish to thank those colleagues and friends
who have mailed their published collections to me. Much
thanks is also due in particular Timothy C. Nelson (Davos),
Gyula Paczolay (Veszprém), Helmut Walther (Wiesbaden)
and Fionnuala Williams (Belfast) for supplying me with
invaluable bibliographical information. But let me ask once
again that paremiographers send me their publications so
that I can register them properly in these updated
bibliographies and add them to my ever-growing international
proverb archive. If you cannot provide your collection or
dictionary as donations, I will be more than happy to
purchase them. Also please remember that we can mail out
about 300 flyers advertising any new paremiographical
publication when we send the annual Proverbium volume
to scholars throughout the world. This service is free of
charge and will do much to let people know about the newest
proverb collections.
1. Adeleye, Gabriel G., and Kofi Acquah-Dadzie. World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions. Wauconda,
Wisconsin: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1999. 411 pp.
2. Adler, Bill (ed.). The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald
Reagan: A Portrait in His Own Words. Boston: Little,
Brown and Company, 1996. 166 pp.
3. Alibert, Louis. Proverbes de l'Aude,
classés et mis en orthographe occitane. Andouque, France: Vent Terral, 1998. 250 pp.
4. Alsleben, Brigitte. Flotte Sprüche &
geflügelte Worte: Geschichten und Anekdoten rund um
Zitate, Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Mannheim:
Dudenverlag, 1998. 256 pp.
5. Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel. Proverbios
mexicanos. Ed. Andrés Henestrosa.
México, D.F., México: Miguel Angel
Porrúa, 1997. 97 pp.
6. Ammer, Christine. The American Heritage
Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1997. 729 pp.
7. Bahar, Hadi. Human Body in Persian Proverbs.
Rockville, Maryland: International Travelers' Clinic,
1991. (in Persian). 392 pp.
8. Bahar, Hadi. The Book of Heart: "Heart" in
Persian Proverbs, Aphorisms, Epigrams and Colloquial
Expressions. Rockville, Maryland: International
Travelers' Clinic, 1997. (in Persian). 444 pp.
9. Beal, George. Fun with English Proverbs.
Illustrated by Peter Stevenson. London: Chambers, 1995.
32 pp.
10. Bender, Texas Bix. Don't Squat with Yer Spurs
on! A Cowboy's Guide to Life. Salt Lake City, Utah:
Peregrine Smith Books, 1992. 138 pp.
11. Bender, Texas Bix. Don't Squat with Yer Spurs
on! II. Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Smith Books,
1997. 128 pp.
12. Bühler, Winfried (ed.). Zenobii Athoi
proverbia. Volumen quartum, libri secundi proverbia
1-40 complexum. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck &
Ruprecht, 1982. 349 pp.
The full text of this
bibliography is published in De
Proverbio - Issue 11:2000 & Issue
12:2000, an
electronic book, available from amazon.com and other leading Internet booksellers.
75. Sybertz, Donald, and Joseph G. Healey (eds.). Kugundua Mbegu za Injili: Kitabu ch Pili. Hekima ya
Kisukuma na Lugha Mbalimbali juu ya Familia. Peramiho, Tanzania: Benedictine Publications Ndanda,
1993. (2nd ed. 1999). 124 pp.
76. Tendlau, Abraham Moses. Sprichwörter und
Redensarten deutsch-jüdischer Vorzeit. Frankfurt
am Main: J. Kauffmann, 1860. Rpt. Hildesheim: Georg Olms,
1980. 425 pp. Rpt. again with the title: Jüdische
Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Köln:
Parkland, 1998. 666 pp.
77. Thomsett, Michael C. A Treasury of Business
Quotations. New York: Ballantine Books, 1990. 211
pp.
78. Tuleja, Tad. Book of Popular Americana. New
York: Macmillan, 1994. 451 pp.
79. Vapordshiev, Vesselin. Das Phraseolexikon der
deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Sofia: Jusautor, 1992.
176 pp.
80. Vapordshiev, Vesselin. Deutsch-bulgarisches
phraseologisches Wörterbuch der Kategorie
"Gegenständlichkeit". Sofia: Verlag BDV, 1996.
28 pp.
81. Vapordshiev, Vesselin, and Elena Micri. Recnik
na nemskite idiomi. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustwo, 1993.
211 pp.
82. Vasil'kov, Ya. V., and N.V. Gurov (eds.). Poslovitsy i pogovorki Severnoi Indii. St.
Petersburg: Izdatel'stvo Petersburgskoe Vostokovedenie,
1998. 384 pp.
83. Vö_, Gabriella. Szaván fogjuk.
Erdélyi magyar szólások. [You
Are Taken by Your Word. Hungarian Sayings from
Transylvania]. Székelyudvarhely:
Erdélyi Gondolat Könyvkiadó, 1999. 372
pp.
84. Waibel, Max. Walser Weisheiten:
Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Frauenfeld: Huber,
1998. 215 pp.
85. Walter, Elizabeth et al. Cambridge
International Dictionary of Idioms. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1998. 587 pp.
86. Welzig, Werner (ed.). Wörterbuch der
Redensarten zu der von Karl Kraus 1899 bis 1936
herausgegebenen Zeitschrift "Die Fackel". Wien:
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der
Wissenschaften, 1999. 1055 pp.
87. Zona, Guy A. (ed.). "Eyes that See Do not Grow
Old": The Proverbs of Mexico, Central and South
America. New York: Touchstone Book, 127 pp.
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