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Orality and basque nationalism: dancing with the devil or waltzing into the future?

Article: English. Online Library collection
Author(s)
White, Linda
Title
Orality and basque nationalism: dancing with the devil or waltzing into the future? / Linda White
In
Oral Tradition, Bloomington: Slavica Publishers, 1986-, 3-28
Subjects
Bertsolaritza
Content
Testu osoa
Type of material
Article
The language situation in the Basque Country ...3
The oral art form known as Bertsolaritza ...7
Language of the bertsolari ...8
Rhythm and rhyme ...8
Structure and syntax ...9
Tonality ...10
Level of metaphorical content ...10
Inadequacies of recording the bertsoak ...10
The rush to literacy and the written word ...14
The “language and nationalism” waltz ...17
Dancing with the devil? ...21
References ...22