Mary C Bill
Biographic Data
| ID | 107461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary C Bill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary C |
| FAMILY NAME | Bill |
| SIGNATURE | BILL M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Refusal to eat and drink
Through a comparative reading of tales containing the same enduring nucleus, or motif, one is able to decode the ‘message’ of the tales within the culture of a group of language speakers. The ethnolinguistic methodology applied to the analysis of a corpus of Tsonga tales is based on that of the francophone africanists, and on Calame‐Griaule in particular. The focus falls on tales with the enduring nucleus ‘refusal to eat and drink’. The meaning o…
The textual reflection of texture
Years of Tsonga publications, 1883-1983
The structure and function of the song in the Tsonga folktale
From this discussion of eleven songs found in four mitsheketo, we can draw the following conclusions as to their characteristic structure and function. I. Literary Structure (a) The songs are antiphonal in structure, in free verse style, ranging from the simple call‐and‐response AB (Mathuza), to the more complex type A1B1 A2B2 A3B1A4B2 A5B1 A6B2, in which A2, A4, A6 all = B1 (Sayi‐wee). The meaning of the song is usually contained in the call, bu…
The textual reflection of texture
Years of Tsonga publications, 1883-1983
The structure and function of the song in the Tsonga folktale
From this discussion of eleven songs found in four mitsheketo, we can draw the following conclusions as to their characteristic structure and function. I. Literary Structure (a) The songs are antiphonal in structure, in free verse style, ranging from the simple call‐and‐response AB (Mathuza), to the more complex type A1B1 A2B2 A3B1A4B2 A5B1 A6B2, in which A2, A4, A6 all = B1 (Sayi‐wee). The meaning of the song is usually contained in the call, bu…
The structure and function of the song in the Tsonga folktale
From this discussion of eleven songs found in four mitsheketo, we can draw the following conclusions as to their characteristic structure and function. I. Literary Structure (a) The songs are antiphonal in structure, in free verse style, ranging from the simple call‐and‐response AB (Mathuza), to the more complex type A1B1 A2B2 A3B1A4B2 A5B1 A6B2, in which A2, A4, A6 all = B1 (Sayi‐wee). The meaning of the song is usually contained in the call, bu…
Years of Tsonga publications, 1883-1983
The textual reflection of texture
Refusal to eat and drink
Through a comparative reading of tales containing the same enduring nucleus, or motif, one is able to decode the ‘message’ of the tales within the culture of a group of language speakers. The ethnolinguistic methodology applied to the analysis of a corpus of Tsonga tales is based on that of the francophone africanists, and on Calame‐Griaule in particular. The focus falls on tales with the enduring nucleus ‘refusal to eat and drink’. The meaning o…
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