Scrambling Syllables in Sung Poetry of the Maldives

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Anthropological Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-04-28 DOI:10.1353/anl.2019.0021

Garrett Field

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Abstract

Abstract:The most popular form of poetry in Dhivehi (an Indo-Aryan language of the Maldives) before the twentieth century, raivaru, utilizes the scrambling of syllables as a poetic device. Scrambling harnesses processes typically associated with language games. Yet, while players of language games transform words according to rigid processes, Maldivian poets scramble syllables in response to six poetic constraints. Two broad forms of scrambling may be distinguished: intraword vs. long-distance. One factor that may influence the poet’s decision to scramble syllables in particular ways is the recitation melody.

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马尔代夫宋诗中的打乱音节

摘要:在20世纪之前，迪维希语(马尔代夫的一种印度-雅利安语)中最流行的诗歌形式是拉伊瓦鲁，它利用音节的混乱作为一种诗歌手段。乱抢利用了通常与语言游戏相关的过程。然而，当语言游戏的玩家根据严格的过程来转换单词时，马尔代夫的诗人却根据六种诗意的限制来打乱音节。可以区分出两种广泛的干扰形式:词内干扰和远距离干扰。可能影响诗人以特定方式拼音节的一个因素是朗诵的旋律。

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Anthropological Linguistics Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Anthropological Linguistics, a quarterly journal founded in 1959, provides a forum for the full range of scholarly study of the languages and cultures of the peoples of the world, especially the native peoples of the Americas. Embracing the field of language and culture broadly defined, the editors welcome articles and research reports addressing cultural, historical, and philological aspects of linguistic study, including analyses of texts and discourse; studies of semantic systems and cultural classifications; onomastic studies; ethnohistorical papers that draw significantly on linguistic data; studies of linguistic prehistory and genetic classification.