Dividing lines: The Changing syntax and prosody of the mid-line break in Medieval French octosyllabic verse
The earliest French eight-syllable verse texts show a regular line division after the fourth syllable. This mid-line break becomes less common and disappears over the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Both a phonological phrase boundary and a stressed syllable are typically used to mar...
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2011
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