The Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs

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Walter de Gruyter, 2001 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 205 pages
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Contents

Chapter
1
Distribution of runic songs in time and space
7
The textual component in runic songs
13
Some peculiarities in the geographical distribution
19
Collections and publications of Estonian
27
Summary
33
The metrical structure of Estonian folksongs
57
Chapter 5
63
Dear mother I wont have anybody of my own
78
Dear mother I wont have two whom to hold dear
79
Dear mother talking with strangers is strange talk
80
Dear mother talking with ones own is ones own talk
81
Dear mother behold your true faith
82
Dear mother behold your cheerful being
83
Dear mother you left the words of song to your children
84
Dear mother you left them words of happiness
85

Dear mother from me your daughter you always asked
68
Dear mother you always asked you kept counsel
69
Dear mother now you do not ask anything any more
70
Dear mother you do not ask and you do not keep counsel
71
Dear mother God the dear God knows
72
Dear mother Mary knows the gentle
73
Dear mother when I die one day
74
Dear mother when the little berry goes to the ground
75
Dear mother there I will live alone
76
Dear mother there I will live by my own two hands
77
Dear mother therefore I cannot weep enough my mother
86
Dear mother we cannot ever mourn enough
87
Chapter 6
89
Changes in the temporal realization of wordinitial
97
Realization of prosodic structure in recitation and laments
109
Summary of results
116
Chapter 8
129
Notes
187
Index
201
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The Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs
Jaan Ross,Ilse Lehiste
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About the author (2001)

Ilse Lehiste is Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University, USA.

Jaan Ross is Professor at Tartu University, Estonia.

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TitleThe Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs
Volume 1 of Phonology and phonetics
AuthorsJaan Ross, Ilse Lehiste
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWalter de Gruyter, 2001
ISBN3110170329, 9783110170320
Length205 pages
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