Meter, prosody and performance: evidence from the Faroese ballads
Abstract In this paper, I argue that the folk ballad tradition of the Faroe Islands, to date never examined in detail by metrists, offers substantial empirical support for the necessity of maintaining the classic metrical template, as well as the distinction between metrical and prosodic structure:...
Published in: | Nordic Journal of Linguistics |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2019
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0332586519000192 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0332586519000192 |