Extra alliteration on stressed syllables in Old English poetry: types, uses and evolution
The article assesses the rhetorical uses of the main kinds of non-functional alliteration that are attested in Old English poetry, and gives complete lists of their incidence in all of the poems. Two main general types are isolated. Supererogatory alliteration does not depart from the known allitera...
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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