Language and meter
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Language and meter
（Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics, v. 18）
Brill, c2018
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Articles chiefly in English, with some text in German and French
Based on a conference, "Language and Meter in Diachrony and Synchrony," which was held from September 2nd-4th, 2013, at the Department of Historical and Indo-European Linguistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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In Language and Meter, Dieter Gunkel and Olav Hackstein unite fifteen linguistic studies on a variety of poetic traditions, including the Homeric epics, the hieratic hymns of the Rgveda, the Gathas of the Avesta, early Latin and the Sabellic compositions, Germanic alliterative verse, Insular Celtic court poetry, and Tocharian metrical texts. The studies treat a broad range of topics, including the prehistory of the hexameter, the nature of Homeric formulae, the structure of Vedic verse, rhythm in the Gathas, and the relationship between Germanic and Celtic poetic traditions. The volume contributes to our understanding of the relationship between language and poetic form, and how they change over time.
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