QUELQUES CARACTÉRISTIQUES DES PROVERBES-VALISES DU FRANÇAIS
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF FRENCH PROVERBS

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with a field that has not yet been much explored: mixed (contaminated) French proverbs, i. e., anti-proverbs containing more than one phraseological unit (of which at least one must be a proverb or a proverb pattern). Using a corpus of 70 French compound proverbs, the analysis has been done on the basis of – the number of original phraseological units in the compound (up to 7) – the nature of the phraseological units contained in the compound proverb (proverb, proverbial expression, proverb pattern) – the linkage between the units (are they isolated from, or embedded in, each other?) – the familiarity of the original units used for the mixing – topics (sexuality, women, drinking) – stylistic labels (colloquial, vulgar) – the integrity of the units to be found in the compound proverb (Is the first/second part of the first/second unit present in the compound? If it is, does it appear in an unmodified or a modified form?) – the distribution of original units and parts of units to make up a compound – compound patterns – common points in original units – twins (compounds made up of the same original units)

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