Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Jeanne Wathelet-Willem. "A propos de la technique formulaire dans les plus anciennes chansons de geste." In Mélanges de línguistique romane et de philologie médiévale offerts à M. Maurice Delbouille, vol 2. Ed. Jean Renson. Gembloux: Duculot. pp. 705-27.

Looks at a selection of formulas in three chansons de geste (Chanson de Roland, Chanson de Guillaume, and Gormont et Isembart), finding wide distribution, clustering, and general flexibility, the last of which she attributes to a common theme.
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