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Formulaic language in minimal metrical requirements : the case of post-mediaval Icelandic þulur

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    Yelena Sesselja Helgadottir.
    Main Author:
    Yelena Sesselja Helgadottir, kirjoittaja.

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    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    English
    In:
    RMN newsletter / published by: Folklore Studies, Dept. of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki. - ISSN 1799-4497. - Helsinki : University of Helsinki. - 11 (2015/2016), s. 49-61
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    This paper discusses the formulaic language in post-medieval Icelandic þulur, a poetic genre with minimal and inconsistent metrical requirements.It argues that the metrical properties of formulae, in different applications, are one tool to maintain the metricality of the genre and hence distinguish it from prose.


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