Poetry and language : the linguistics of verse /

"Michael Ferber's accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language tackles a wide range of subjects from a linguistic point of view. Written with the non-expert in mind, the book explores current linguistic concepts and theories and applies them to a variety of major poeti...

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Main Author: Ferber, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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520 |a "In some fellow Indo-European languages, absolute clauses are (or were) marked by a particular case. In Latin, the noun or pronoun and the participle or adjective fell into the ablative case. At least one such Latin clause has entered English, ceteris paribus, "other things being equal"; philosophers, lawyers, and economists may state laws that apply ceteris paribus, that is, the laws govern events if nothing else intervenes"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction; 2. Meter and the syllable; 3. Rhyme; 4. Onomatopoeia and sound symbolism; 5. Unusual word order and other syntactic quirks in poetry; 6. The meaning of a poem; 7. Metaphor; 8. Translating poetry; Appendix: on quantity and pitch; Works cited; Index. 
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