The varieties of formulaic diction in Turkic oral epics

This article tries to show that the formulaic diction on the level of verse line and formulaic patterning in the composition of scenes are closely related and must be studied together. The analysis is done on the example of Turkic epics. Of the formulaic patterns the most prominent one is t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reichl Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Balkan Studies SASA 2013-01-01
Series:Balcanica
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2013/0350-76531344079R.pdf