The examination of Matigari’s pre-composition history, the role of the Gikuyu oral literary tradition in its conception, its mode of characterization, its structural and compositional organization, the kinds of linguistic and stylistic formulas that it employs, as well as the details of its temporal, geographical, and philosophical setting all point to the fact that the novel was meticulously w...

This paper compares methods and objectives of cheating in low-tech and high-tech interactive entertainment, oral storytelling tradition and computer gaming. Oral story traditions are one of the oldest forms of interactive entertainment. The interaction between the audience and the storyteller is a limited form of interpersonal communication and is regulated by traditions or an interaction syste...

Mucositis, an inflammation of the mucous membranes, is a commonly occurring side effect of chemotherapy and radiation. Oral mucositis can cause significant clinical consequences, such as pain, malnutrition, and local and systemic infections. Nurses have a critical role in all aspects of managing mucositis, including assessing it, teaching oral care, administering pharmacologic interventions, an...

We studied a group of verbal memory specialists to determine whether intensive oral text memory is associated with structural features of hippocampal and lateral-temporal regions implicated in language processing. Professional Vedic Sanskrit Pandits in India train from childhood for around 10years in an ancient, formalized tradition of oral Sanskrit text memorization and recitation, mastering t...

The article discusses the rich oral tradition of village Rodik (Slovenia), notably on mythical figures such as Ajdi, Lintvern, Baba and goblins. stories told are emplaced, together they represent space matrix, a network points in charged with meanings beyond natural rational, which make totality territory all its anomalies peculiarities intelligible manageable through sets related rules, caveat...

In the study of oral-formulaic performance the formula has always been understood as playing a pivotal role (Lord 1960, Foley 1995). But although it is clearly a linguistic unit, the technical study of formulae by linguists has been slight. This paper intends to remedy this lack by proposing some linguistic theories as to the nature of the formula. They will take the form of formal and testable...

Literature is a cultural part of society which included education, believes, arts, morals, laws, disciplines, traditions, habits and capacity in the society. Oral literature oldest type has great role formation classical literature. Literary genre geographical limitation helps to know culture tradition its people. It would happen if we have deep insight ethnology from perspective oral Ethnology...

The paper uses three cases of folklore lexicography to substantiate its applicability and the methodological capacity it holds in study onomastic elements different genres. It is this original lexicographic approach that gives a new perspective brings results solution some recurrent problems connected with poetic language folklore. research builds on projects by Kursk linguists, focused studies...