Explorations in Semantic Parallelism.
Fox, James J.
Explorations in Semantic Parallelism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (448 pages)
Explorations in Semantic Parallelism -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Comparative Issues -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Roman Jakobson and the comparative study of parallelism -- 3. Trajectories in the continuing study of parallelism -- 4. Semantic parallelism in Rotenese ritual language -- 5. 'Our ancestors spoke in pairs' -- 6. On binary categories and primary symbols -- 7. Category and complement -- 8. Exploring oral formulaic language -- The Traditional Oral Canon -- 9. Genealogies of the Sun and Moon -- 10. Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilu's path -- 11. Genealogy and topogeny -- 12. Blood-red millet: An origin narrative -- 13. Admonitions of the ancestors: Giving voice to the deceased -- 14. To the aroma of the name: The celebration of a ritual of rock and tree -- The Christian Oral Canon -- 15. The appropriation of Biblical knowledge in the creation of new narratives of origin -- 16. Adam and Eve on the island of Rote -- 17. The Rotenese sermon as a linguistic performance -- 18. Present and future research -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Petrus Malesi's Recitation Of 'The Coming Of Rice' -- Index.
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.
9781925021066
Semantics.
Electronic books.
P325 -- .F69 2014eb
401.43
Explorations in Semantic Parallelism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (448 pages)
Explorations in Semantic Parallelism -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Comparative Issues -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Roman Jakobson and the comparative study of parallelism -- 3. Trajectories in the continuing study of parallelism -- 4. Semantic parallelism in Rotenese ritual language -- 5. 'Our ancestors spoke in pairs' -- 6. On binary categories and primary symbols -- 7. Category and complement -- 8. Exploring oral formulaic language -- The Traditional Oral Canon -- 9. Genealogies of the Sun and Moon -- 10. Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilu's path -- 11. Genealogy and topogeny -- 12. Blood-red millet: An origin narrative -- 13. Admonitions of the ancestors: Giving voice to the deceased -- 14. To the aroma of the name: The celebration of a ritual of rock and tree -- The Christian Oral Canon -- 15. The appropriation of Biblical knowledge in the creation of new narratives of origin -- 16. Adam and Eve on the island of Rote -- 17. The Rotenese sermon as a linguistic performance -- 18. Present and future research -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Petrus Malesi's Recitation Of 'The Coming Of Rice' -- Index.
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.
9781925021066
Semantics.
Electronic books.
P325 -- .F69 2014eb
401.43