Alliteration in Culture

Roper, Jonathan

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-06-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230232648

DOI: 10.1057/9780230305878

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 253