Attributing Unattributed Sayings
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Abstract
The burden of this response is to suggest that in addressing the phenomenon of unattributed sayings, we must be prepared to parse sayings into various categories – commonplaces, floating or fully mobile sayings, striking maxims needing authorization, and saying that are sufficiently distinctive, like Yogi Berra’s utterances, that they need no attribution.
Keywords
- nattributes sayings
- various categories of sayings
- commomplaces
- mobile sayings
- distinctive sayings
