"Sets new standards for understanding the oral tradition in
America."--Library Journal
"This is an excellent, well-conceived document of a fast-changing
and perhaps dying segment of our language. Recommended for
reference sections."--Library Journal
"A very interesting work. Certainly, it will be of greatest use to
researchers of language and folklore, but it lends itself to
browsing as well."--RBB/Booklist
"Should be added to all public and academic library collections
because of its unique sampling of spoken American
proverbs."--Choice
"Fills an especially vital need in word study....A superb
dictionary that should enhance the reference department of any
general library. Recommended."--Reference Book Review
"Stands as an exemplary and indispensable reference work, an
enjoyable and revealing cross-section of American 'folk
wisdom'....Proverbs scholars throughout the world owe a debt of
gratitude to its three editors, who have succeeded in bringing this
mammoth undertaking to fruition."--Proverbium
"This is a mammoth, most comprehensive collection and is required
reading for scholars of literature, psychology, folklore,
linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history."--Come-All-Ye
"Amazing....Outstanding....This is a mammoth work which offers a
variety of resources for students of literature, history, and
rhetoric. It is a valuable text, carefully researched and
documented."--Review and Expositor
"Sets new standards for understanding the oral tradition in
America."--Library Journal
"This is an excellent, well-conceived document of a fast-changing
and perhaps dying segment of our language. Recommended for
reference sections."--Library Journal
"A very interesting work. Certainly, it will be of greatest use to
researchers of language and folklore, but it lends itself to
browsing as well."--RBB/Booklist
"Should be added to all public and academic library collections
because of its unique sampling of spoken American
proverbs."--Choice
"Fills an especially vital need in word study....A superb
dictionary that should enhance the reference department of any
general library. Recommended."--Reference Book Review
"Stands as an exemplary and indispensable reference work, an
enjoyable and revealing cross-section of American 'folk
wisdom'....Proverbs scholars throughout the world owe a debt of
gratitude to its three editors, who have succeeded in bringing this
mammoth undertaking to fruition."--Proverbium
"This is a mammoth, most comprehensive collection and is required
reading for scholars of literature, psychology, folklore,
linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history."--Come-All-Ye
"Amazing....Outstanding....This is a mammoth work which offers a
variety of resources for students of literature, history, and
rhetoric. It is a valuable text, carefully researched and
documented."--Review and Expositor
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