Formulas and Vocabulary of Ritual Speech in Old English Heroic Epic (Based on Direct Speech in the Poem Beowulf)
The paper deals with the linguistic and poetic analysis of the formula 'X maþelode' ('someone said') in comparison to other ways of introducing direct speech in the Old English heroic epic poem Beowulf. It is considered to be dependent upon the situations of feast and battle whic...
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| Language: | English |
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Volgograd State University
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie |
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| Online Access: | https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/component/attachments/download/1462 |