Alliteration and scansion in Somali oral poetry and their cultural correlates

In the oral poetry of various societies there are wide variations in the systems of versification: some impose demanding formal constraints on the language which poets use, while others are very lax in this respect. The question arises as to whether such variations can be correlated in any way with...

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Published in:Journal of African cultural studies 2011-06, Vol.23 (1), p.37-47
Main Author: Andrzejewski, B. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African culture
Alliteration
Correlation analysis
Cultural studies
Cultural tradition
Ethnolinguistics
Folk culture
Folk traditions
Language history
Narrative poetry
Oral communication
Oral poetry
Oral tradition
Pastoral poetry
Poetic meter
Poetry
Recitations
Scansion
Society
Somalia
Sound
Verbal communication
Versification
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Summary:In the oral poetry of various societies there are wide variations in the systems of versification: some impose demanding formal constraints on the language which poets use, while others are very lax in this respect. The question arises as to whether such variations can be correlated in any way with other cultural phenomena present in the particular society, and although the answer could only be arrived at by a thorough examination of a large number of societies and would require the cooperation of several researchers.
ISSN:1369-6815
1469-9346
DOI:10.1080/13696815.2011.581456