Rhythm and Beat: Re-evaluating Arabic Prosody in the Light of Mahri Oral Poetry

This article attempts to resolve ambiguities that surround the prosody of bedouin vernacular poetry by analysing poetic performance amongst the Mahra of Southeast Yemen. As speakers of one of the few, remaining indigenous languages of the Arabian Peninsula, the Mahra have preserved an oral poetic pr...

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Main Author: Liebhaber, Sam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2010
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 163-182
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