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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Morris, Miranda
• Nuḥ Di-Kišin, Ṭānuf Sālim

Titel

The oral art of Soqoṭra : a collection of island voices

Ist Teil von

• Handbook of oriental studies : 1,151 (Alle Bände)

Ort / Verlag

Leiden ; Boston : Brill

Erscheinungsjahr

[2021]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this bilingual English-Arabic work, Miranda Morris and Tánuf Sálim Di-Kisin, in collaboration with Soqotrans from all parts of the island, present over a thousand examples of poems and songs, prayers, lullabies, work-chants, messages in code, riddles, examples of community wisdom encapsulated in poetic couplets, and stories centred on a short poem or exchange of poems. These were documented by oral transmission directly to the authors, or through recordings collected by them. They are presented in Soqotri (transcribed phonetically in Roman and in Arabic script), and in English and Arabic translation [...]
• Texte teilweise englisch, teilweise arabisch, teilweise sokotri