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From Conversation to Oral Tradition: A Simplest Systematics for Oral Traditions - Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics 1st edition
Person, Raymond F (Ohio Northern University, USA)
From Conversation to Oral Tradition: A Simplest Systematics for Oral Traditions - Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics 1st edition
Person, Raymond F (Ohio Northern University, USA)
This book argues that many of the most prominent features of oral epic poetry in a number of traditions can best be understood as adaptations or stylizations of conversational language use, and advances the claim that if we can understand how conversation is structured, it will aid our understanding of oral traditions.
214 pages, 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Tables, black and white
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 12, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781138499164 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 230 |
Dimensions | 228 × 151 × 16 mm · 342 g |
Language | English |