Explorations in Semantic Parallelism
Authored by: James J. Fox
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Description
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. The papers in the volume were written at intervals from 1971 to 2014 — a period of over forty years. They are a summation of a career-long research effort that continues to take shape. The concluding essay reflects on possible directions for future research.
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Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781922144690
- ISBN (online):
- 9781925021066
- Publication date:
- Jul 2014
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/ESP.07.2014
- Disciplines:
- Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies, History, Linguistics; Social Sciences: Anthropology
- Countries:
- Southeast Asia: Indonesia
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Comparative Issues
- Introduction (PDF, 381KB)
- Roman Jakobson and the comparative study of parallelism (PDF, 573KB)
- Trajectories in the continuing study of parallelism (PDF, 274KB)
- Semantic parallelism in Rotenese ritual language (PDF, 2.6MB)
- ‘Our ancestors spoke in pairs’ (PDF, 2.0MB)
- On binary categories and primary symbols (PDF, 3.6MB)
- Category and complement (PDF, 255KB)
- Exploring oral formulaic language (PDF, 431KB)
The Traditional Oral Canon
- Genealogies of the Sun and Moon (PDF, 1.5MB)
- Manu Kama’s road, Tepa Nilu’s path (PDF, 5.6MB)
- Genealogy and topogeny (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Blood-red millet: An origin narrative (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Admonitions of the ancestors: Giving voice to the deceased (PDF, 225KB)
- To the aroma of the name: The celebration of a ritual of rock and tree (PDF, 430KB)
The Christian Oral Canon
Malesi Recitation 1978 - Origin of Rice and Millet (video/mp4, 166MB)
A video recording of Malesi's 1978 recitation of "The Origin of Rice and Millet"
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