Oral Poetics and Cognitive Science / / ed. by Mihailo Antovic, Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1
• HerausgeberIn: Antovic, Mihailo,; Pagán Cánovas, Cristóbal,
• MitwirkendeR: Antović, Mihailo,; Boas, Hans C.,; Bonifazi, Anna,; Cánovas, Cristóbal Pagán,; Duffy, William,; Kreij, Mark de,; Minchin, Elizabeth,; Person, Raymond F.,; Short, William Michael,; Zeman, Sonja,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: linguae & litterae : Publications of the School of Language and Literature Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies , 56
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 195 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface – Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Oral Poetics and Cognitive Science --; Repetition in Homeric epic: Cognitive and linguistic perspectives --; From grammar in everyday conversation to special grammar in oral traditions: A case study of ring composition --; Metaphor as ideology --; Construction grammar and oral formulaic theory --; Frames and constructions for the study of oral poetics --; Particles as cues to structuring in Serbocroatian and early Greek epic --; The priming act in Homeric epic --; Orality, visualization, and the Historical Mind
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110348538; 9783110762501; 9783110701005; 9783110485103; 9783110485264
• ISSN: 1869-7054
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110348538
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Mihailo Antovic, Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas.

What can oral poetic traditions teach us about language and the human mind? Oral Poetics has produced insights relevant not only for the study of traditional poetry, but also for our general understanding of language and cognition: formulaic style as a product of rehearsed improvisation, the thematic structuring of traditional narratives, or the poetic use of features from everyday speech, among many others. The cognitive sciences have developed frameworks that are crucial for research on oral poetics, such as construction grammar or conversation analysis. The key for connecting the two disciplines is their common focus on usage and performance. This collection of papers explores how some of the latest research on language and cognition can contribute to advances in oral studies. At the same time, it shows how research on verbal art in its natural, oral medium can lead to new insights in semantics, pragmatics, or multimodal communication. The ultimate goal is to pave the way towards a Cognitive Oral Poetics, a new interdisciplinary field for the study or oral poetry as a window to the mind.