Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

J. Gonda. Stylistic Repetition in the Veda. Verhandelingen der koninklijke nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde, N.R., Deel 65, no. 3. Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij.

Sees the origin of the repetitiveness and balanced structure of archaic diction in oral tradition and examines various patterns in the Vedic literature, among them symmetrical word-groups, positive and negative expression of the same thought, chiasmus, anaphora, responsion, alliteration, and other figures.
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