Cognition, comprehension and communication

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Phraseology and paremiology are experiencing a significant global resurgence, particularly in Europe, highlighted by the establishment of the European Society of Phraseology in 1999 in Zurich. North America has also seen a revival of interest in these fields. This essay volume aims to showcase the noteworthy paremiological research conducted in Canada and the United States over the past decade, fostering further discussion and interest in proverbs. The collection features twenty-seven essays organized around the themes of cognition, comprehension, and communication. Additionally, it encompasses a wide range of topics including canonization, collection, context, culture, definition, empiricism, ethnicity, familiarity, folklore, frequency, function, history, ideology, language, lexicography, linguistics, literature, mass media, memorability, metaphor, neurology, origin, pedagogy, poetics, politics, psycholinguistics, psychology, rhetoric, semantics, semiotics, society, speech act, strategy, therapy, value, variation, wisdom, and worldview. The essays represent exemplary scholarship from North American researchers and collectively offer valuable pragmatic and theoretical insights that will benefit all scholars in the fields of paremiology and phraseology.