Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Mark Glazer. "A Dialectical Semiology of the Oral Formula, or the Dialectics of Praise." Folklore Preprint Series (Indiana University Press), 6, ii:1-9.

Illustrates the dialectical praise-negation meaning of the oral formula in a Turkish chain tale. Proposes a semiological understanding of phraseology.
Area: TK