This collection of eighteen papers explores issues in the study of semantic parallelism -- a world-wide tradition in the composition of oral poetry. It is concerned with both comparative issues and the intensive study of a single living poetic tradition of composition in strict canonical parallelism
Explorations in Semantic Theory
β Scribed by Uriel Weinreich; William Labov
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 128
- Series
- Janua Linguarum. Series Minor; 89
- Edition
- Reprint 2014
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Preface
REFERENCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. The Semantic Theory KF: A Critical Analysis
3. A New Semantic Theory
4. Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index of Terms
Index of Names
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