Query Details
| Query Subject: |
"counting-out" rhymes
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| Author: | Andy Arleo |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
Dear Linguists, I am doing research on counting-out rhymes, i.e. children's rhymes used to designate, usually through elimination, a central player in games like tag or hide and seek. I am familiar with the literature on counting-out rhymes in English (e.g., Abrahams & Rankin, Opie, Sutton-Smith) and French (Baucomont et al., Laforte) and am particularly interested in information on c-o-r in non-IE languages. I would greatly appreciate any information you could provide in the areas listed below. I will be happy to post a summary of the results. -References to studies, collections and recordings. -Observations concerning form (especially metrics and rhythm), content, function, sociolinguistic variables (age, sex, social class), etc. -Example(s) of (popular) counting-out rhymes used at presen (with the following information) 1) language or dialec 2) country, region or geographical area 3) words for "counting-out rhyme", "to count out", "counting-out", etc. 4) name(s) of central player, often called "It" in English, who chases or seeks other players Best regards, Andy Arleo Université de Nantes/ LACITO-CNRS |
