A Memetics Interpretation of English Anti-Proverbs
English anti-proverbs are variations of standard proverbs.They play an important role as English proverbs do in English language.However, few studies are conducted to answer the question "How English anti-proverbs are created and evolved?" Based on this, this paper tries to give a qualitative analysis on the question from the perspective of the memetics.It is shown by the research that memes of English anti-proverbs realize their replication and transmission through methods of paradigmatic substitution, abridgement, combination, permutation, change of homonyms, isostructural
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