LINGUIST List 17.2802

Thu Sep 28 2006

Calls: General Ling/United Kingdom

Editor for this issue: Dan Parker <danlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Jonathan Roper, Alliteration in Culture

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Message 1: Alliteration in Culture
Date: 28-Sep-2006
From: Jonathan Roper <j.ropershef.ac.uk>
Subject: Alliteration in Culture



Full Title: Alliteration in Culture
Date: 19-Jan-2007 - 19-Jan-2007 Location: London, United Kingdom Contact Person: Jonathan Roper
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.folklore-society.com/alliteration.htm
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2006

Meeting Description:

Alliteration can be found in a broad range of linguistic forms, from oldGermanic verse to modern advertising jingles, from Finnic lullabies totraditional proverbial comparisons, from the names of paired oxen to thetabloid headlines and contemporary football chants. Alliteration is howevera rather under examined topic. This conference aims to address thephenomenon of repeated initial sounds in a variety of languages andlinguistic forms.

Final Call

Abstract deadline 30th September 2006

Please send titles and abstracts (75-150 words) of paper proposalsby email to: j.ropershef.ac.uk.

or by post (postmarked 30th September or earlier) to:

Dr Jonathan Roper,Natcect,9 Shearwood Road,University of Sheffield,SHEFFIELD,S10 2TN,England.

http://www.folklore-society.com/alliteration.htm