Paremiological and paremiographic contributions of Spanish research groups

Résumé

The work of pioneers in paremiological and paremiographic research, such as the Finn-ish Matti Kuusi, the Russian Grigori Permiakov, the Americans Wolfgang Mieder and Shirley Arora, the Estonian Arvo Kirkmann and the French Louis Combet, is very com-mendable. This work is complemented by the contributions made by paremiological and paremiographic research groups, such as the Spanish groups, due to the great rele-vance and novelty of their scientific production (open access online databases, such as ParemioRom and Refranero multilingüe), as well as the variety and originality of their activities (a doctoral programme, videos on an educational channel, a great variety of conferences and seminars, summer courses, radio interventions). This article describes and analyses the role that Spanish research groups have played and are still playing in favour of the consolidation of paremiology and paremiography, in particular FRA-SEONET (University of Santiago de Compostela), FRASEMIA (University of Murcia) and PAREFRAS (University Complutense of Madrid).