The Formula in Icelandic Saga Prose

D Sävborg - Saga-Book, 2018 - JSTOR
DURING THE LAST CENTURY many scholars of Icelandic saga literature have devoted
their research to macro structures, while, in contrast, much less attention has been paid to …

Parallelism in Arandic song-poetry

M Turpin - Oral Tradition, 2017 - muse.jhu.edu
The song-poetry performed by the Arandic people of central Australia is characterized by
parallelism of sound, form, and meaning in both auditory and visual modalities. Parallelism …

'Muc Dhearg!'ors' ise: Women and Gaelic storytelling in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland c. 1850-c. 1980

I Parker - 2022 - theses.gla.ac.uk
This study explores the hitherto under-researched role of women within the Gàidhlig
storytelling traditions of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland between c. 1850 and c. 1980 …

[PDF][PDF] A Picasso of perspectives on formulaic language

M Frog, W Lamb - Weathered Words: Formulaic Language …, 2022 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
1. Background A deep-rooted and enduring division exists between approaches to formulaic
language in oral poetry and in other forms of human discourse. This gap emerged subtly …

[PDF][PDF] Linguistic Multiforms in Kalevalaic Epic: Toward a Typology

EE Heide, KBP FF - The Ecology of Metre, 2016 - helsinki.fi
This article examines the interaction of language in relation to metrical form in kalevalaic
epic poetry. It presents and elaborates the concept of a linguistic multiform as a …