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:...

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Published in:Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Main Author: Galbraith, Daniel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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