Weathered Words

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Formulaic Language and Verbal Art

Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature

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Weathered Words explores formulaic phraseology as words that have endured the tests of time and usage. The volume gathers eighteen essays that delve into various aspects of formulaic language, focusing on Oral-Formulaic Theory (OFT) but extending beyond it. Each essay offers diverse and sometimes contrasting perspectives, providing readers with a multifaceted understanding of how formulaicity functions in verbal art and culture.
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This book is suited for scholars and students interested in linguistics, oral traditions, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary research focused on language and verbal art.

Formulaic phraseology presents the epitome of words worn and weathered by trial and the tests of time. Weathered Words concentrates on verbal art, which makes Oral-Formulaic Theory (OFT) a major point of reference. Each of the eighteen essays gathered here brings particular aspects of formulaic language into focus.

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Formulaic phraseology presents the epitome of words worn and weathered by trial and the tests of time. Scholarship on weathered words is exceptionally diverse and interdisciplinary. This volume focuses on verbal art, which makes Oral-Formulaic Theory (OFT) a major point of reference. Yet weathered words are but a part of OFT, and OFT is only a part of scholarship on weathered words.

Each of the eighteen essays gathered here brings particular aspects of formulaic language into focus. No volume on such a diverse topic can be all-encompassing, but the essays highlight aspects of the phenomenon that may be eclipsed elsewhere: they diverge not only in style but sometimes even in how they choose to define formula. As such, they offer overlapping frames that complement one another both in their convergences and their contrasts. While they view formulaicity from multifarious angles, they unite in a Picasso of perspectives on which the reader can reflect and draw insight.

Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674278394

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 July 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: 12 illus., 1 map, 23 tables

Contributors:

Edited by Frog
Edited by William Lamb

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 450

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature

About the Author

Frog is Associate Professor of Folklore Studies in the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki. William Lamb is Senior Lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh.

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