Comments on: Folktale diffusion and ethnolinguistic variation http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/ An Irishman's blog about the English language. Fri, 24 May 2013 20:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: This Week’s Language Blog Roundup: 30 Rock, gaslighting, dictionary news | Wordnik http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/#comment-43870 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:32:36 +0000 http://stancarey.wordpress.com/?p=14569#comment-43870 [...] Michael Rundell picked on adverbs and Stan Carey praised serendipity. On his own blog, Stan traced the diffusion and variety of folk tales. John McIntyre considered the relationship between writer and editor and the persistence of grammar [...]

]]> By: Stan http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/#comment-43867 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:57:14 +0000 http://stancarey.wordpress.com/?p=14569#comment-43867 Doubly good timing, then. Good luck with your talk, WWW.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/#comment-43795 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:15:01 +0000 http://stancarey.wordpress.com/?p=14569#comment-43795 I’m writing a draft of a talk I’m to have on story-telling so this is an informative post, Stan. Thanks.
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]]> By: Stan http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/#comment-43794 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:00:44 +0000 http://stancarey.wordpress.com/?p=14569#comment-43794 Jacob: Thank you. I’ve come across Propp’s work but have not studied it in any detail. On Twitter a few months ago I shared another system, the Aarne–Thompson tale type index, but Propp appears to have found significant fault with this one.

Shaun: A pleasure. I thought it was a nice coincidence given what I’m reading.

]]> By: Shaun Downey http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/#comment-43791 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:42:00 +0000 http://stancarey.wordpress.com/?p=14569#comment-43791 Interesting stuff.Thanks Stan

]]> By: Jacob http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/folktale-diffusion-and-ethnolinguistic-variation/#comment-43786 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:07:56 +0000 http://stancarey.wordpress.com/?p=14569#comment-43786 Check out this book for more on recurring elements in folktales from across the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp

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