Alliteration in Culture
Description
Alliteration occurs in a wide variety of contexts in stress-initial languages, including Icelandic, Finnish and Mongolian. It can be found in English from Beowulf to The Sun . Nevertheless, alliteration remains an unexamined phenomenon. This pioneering volume takes alliteration as its central focus across a variety of languages and domains.
Keywords
Language Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeLiterary CriticismPoetrySemiotics & Theory
2011Book
Author(s)Jonathan Roper
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230232648
LanguageEnglish
