Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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... linguistics , there has been a tendency among some linguists to try to define folklore genres upon the basis of textural char- acteristics alone . 12 To attempt this is to commit what I would term " the linguistic fallacy , " that is ...
... linguistics , there has been a tendency among some linguists to try to define folklore genres upon the basis of textural char- acteristics alone . 12 To attempt this is to commit what I would term " the linguistic fallacy , " that is ...
Page 68
... linguistic differences are likely to last as long as ethnocentrism and prejudice do . Then again perhaps calling attention to the double standard and hypo- crisy of a " wide - mouth " alligator preying on a frog because of its “ wide ...
... linguistic differences are likely to last as long as ethnocentrism and prejudice do . Then again perhaps calling attention to the double standard and hypo- crisy of a " wide - mouth " alligator preying on a frog because of its “ wide ...
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... linguistic valid- ity of what might be a folk etymology , the fact that it was proposed at all supports the notion that the heroes are closely associated with the act of suckling . If the etymology were accurate , it would seemingly ...
... linguistic valid- ity of what might be a folk etymology , the fact that it was proposed at all supports the notion that the heroes are closely associated with the act of suckling . If the etymology were accurate , it would seemingly ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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