USING DISCOURSE ECOLOGIES TO UNDERSTAND PROVERB MEANING-MAKING

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Erik Aasland

Fuller School of Intercultural Studies Fuller Theological Seminary

135 North Oakland Avenue Pasadena

California 91182

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E-mail: e_aasland@fuller.edu

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Erik Aasland

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Though of the same genre, two comparable proverbs from a given culture can operate in two distinct communicative spheres. Using an approach called discourse ecology, I explore the intertextual dynamics, semantics, and usage of two Kazakh proverbial calls to action. I consider the meaning and cultural background for each proverb. Based on searches of social media and a Kazakh corpus of news articles, I argue that one proverb operates in mass-media whereas the other is limited to use in interpersonal conversation and online chat forums. I conclude with considerations of the contrasting roles that the two comparable proverbs play in terms of representative and frame-aligning discourse for contemporary Kazakhs.

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Aasland, E. „: USING DISCOURSE ECOLOGIES TO UNDERSTAND PROVERB MEANING-MAKING“. Proverbium, Bd. 35, Nr. 1, August 2018, S. 1-14, https://naklada.ffos.hr/casopisi/index.php/proverbium/article/view/812.

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