dc.contributor.author |
Field, Garret |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-06-12T09:38:17Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-06-12T09:38:17Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Field, G. (2019). Scrambling syllables in sung poetry of the Maldives. Anthropological Linguistics, 61(3). 364-388. |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/14619 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The most popular form of poetry in Dhivehi (an Indo-Aryan
language of the Maldives) before the twentieth century, raivaru, utilizes the
scrambling of syllables as a poetic device. Scrambling harnesses processes typ-
ically associated with language games. Yet, while players of language games
transform words according to rigid processes, Maldivian poets scramble sylla-
bles in response to six poetic constraints. Two broad forms of scrambling may be
distinguished: intraword vs. long-distance. One factor that may influence the
poet’s decision to scramble syllables in particular ways is the recitation melody. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
University of Nebraska Press |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Anthropological Linguistics |
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dc.title |
Scrambling syllables in sung poetry of the Maldives |
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dc.type |
Article |
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