| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Phonology and phonetics ; 1 |
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Phonology and phonetics ; 1.
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| Contents |
Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Estonian old folksongs: history, tradition, collections and availability; 1. Recent historical background; 2. Distribution of runic songs in time and space; 3. Cultural-historical and territorial division of Estonia; 4. The textual component in runic songs; 5. A musical characterization of runic songs; 6. Some peculiarities in the geographical distribution of Estonian folksongs; 7. Classification of runic songs; 8. The earliest printed references to runic songs; 9. Collections and publications of Estonian runic melodies; 10. Summary |
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Chapter 3 Estonian prosody1. Introduction; 2. Segmental quantity; 3. Syllabic quantity and the quantity of prosodic feet; 3.1. Monosyllabic words; 3.2. Q1 prosodic foot; 3.3. Q2 prosodic foot; 3.4. Q3 prosodic foot; 4. Overlength; 5. The structure of polysyllabic words and phonological phrases; 5.1. Trisyllabic feet; 5.2. Phonological phrases; 6. Summary; Chapter 4 The metrical structure of Estonian folksongs; 1. Trochaic tetrametre and the quantity rules; 2. Validity of the quantity rules; Chapter 5 Estonian folksong as musical performance |
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1. General aspects of research on musical performance2. Segmentation of runic song performance; 3. Prescriptive and descriptive notation; 4. Deviations of performed events from their regular values: is this approach applicable in the runic songs?; 5. Friberg's generative performance rules for timing and their relevance for the runic songs; 6. Modelling of syllable durations in the runic songs; 7. Covariance analysis; 8. Summary; Chapter 6 Realization of the prosodic structure of Estonian in sung folksongs; 1. Introduction; 2. Material and methods; 3. Encoding of metre with temporal means |
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4. Changes in the temporal realization of word-initial disyllables5. Differences between regular lines and broken lines; 6. Differences between quantity oppositions manifested by vowels and consonants; 7. Summary; Chapter 7 Realization of prosodic structure inrecitation and laments; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and method; 3. Duration of metric feet; 4. Intervocalic consonants; 5. Summary of results; 6. Trochaic verse in contemporary Estonian and Finnish poetry; 7. Between speech and song; Chapter 8 Conclusions; Appendix Notations of Estonian folksongs and laments; Notes; References; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk songs, Estonian -- History and criticism
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Rune songs -- Analysis, appreciation
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Estonian language -- Versification
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Estonian language -- Prosodic analysis
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Estonian language -- Versification
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Folk songs, Estonian
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lehiste, Ilse
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| ISBN |
3110885999 |
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9783110885996 |
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3110170329 |
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9783110170320 |
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