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4.1 Introduction 4.1 Introduction
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4.1.1 The Prosodic System 4.1.1 The Prosodic System
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4.2 Prosodic Basis of Metrical Organization 4.2 Prosodic Basis of Metrical Organization
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4.2.1 Distribution of Pitch Accent 4.2.1 Distribution of Pitch Accent
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4.2.2 Accents of Mono- and Polysyllables 4.2.2 Accents of Mono- and Polysyllables
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4.2.3 Distribution of Monosyllables 4.2.3 Distribution of Monosyllables
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4.3 Organization of the Epic Decasyllable into Metrical Feet 4.3 Organization of the Epic Decasyllable into Metrical Feet
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4.4 Comparison with Previous Analyses 4.4 Comparison with Previous Analyses
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4.5 Monosyllabic Prosodic Words Combined with Clitics 4.5 Monosyllabic Prosodic Words Combined with Clitics
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4.6 Monosyllabic Free Function Words 4.6 Monosyllabic Free Function Words
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4.7 Higher-Order Metrical Units 4.7 Higher-Order Metrical Units
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4.8 Concluding Remarks 4.8 Concluding Remarks
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Notes Notes
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4 The Prosodic Word as a Unit in Poetic Meter
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Published:December 2008
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Abstract
This chapter examines the epic decasyllable, a traditional South Slavic folk metrical form, with an emphasis on the so-called Serbo-Croatian poems. In particular, it analyzes the five volumes of Serbian epic poetry collected and published by Vuk Karadžić between 1814 and 1847. The chapter argues that the epic decasyllable is a periodic, trochaic meter and that the prosodic indicators of its trochaic organization include the prosodic word. Drawing on Kristin Hanson and Paul Kiparsky's (1996) paramaterized account of possible metrical forms, it examines the structural properties of the epic decasyllable and proposes a formal account of its metrical organization. The chapter also discusses the place of function words in the verse and describes the interactions among metrical properties that characterize the metrical form using Optimality Theory.
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