Verse constituency and the locality of alliteration

Lingua

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-245

  Fabb, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alliteration; Form; Meter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012950585     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(98)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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