On Knowing the Answer

Haring, Lee

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“…This element mediates among these frames of reference that may otherwise appear to be unrelated. Similar treatments of ambiguity in riddle content are to be found in the works of Scott (1965), Harries (1971), and Haring (1974). All these works deal with ambiguity as a 'semantic fit' which is obscured by the riddle form.…”

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Pragmatics of humorous language

Pepicello¹

1987

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

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Pragmatics of humorous language

Pepicello¹

1987

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

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“…In this way, says Hamnett, this element mediates between these frames of reference that may otherwise be disparate in nature. Similar, though less precise, statements of the prob lem of ambiguity in riddles are to be found in Scott 1965, Harries 1971, and Haring 1974. These works all deal with ambiguity as a "semantic fit" that is impaired in the riddle form.…”

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The Language of Riddles: New Perspectives

Johnstone¹,

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Green³

1985

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“…Works specifically on the African riddle include Harries (1971), Gowlett (1975Gowlett ( , 1979, and Kallen and Eastman (1979). See also: Bascom (1949), Blacking (1961), Bynon (1966), Haring (1974), Layton (1976), Messenger (1960). The riddle is a much studied genre; it is possible to mention only a representative sampling of studies.…”

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A Review of African Oral Traditions and Literature

Scheub¹

1985

African Studies Review

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There is an unbroken continuity in African verbal art forms, from interacting oral genres to such literary productions as the novel and poetry. The strength of the oral tradition seems not to have abated; through three literary periods, a reciprocal linkage has worked these media into a unique art form against which potent influences from East and West have proved unequal. Vital to African literature is the relationship between the oral and written word; in seemingly insignificant interstices have flourished such shadowy literary figures as Egyptian scribes, Hausa and Swahili copyists and memorizers, and contemporary writers of popular novellas, all playing crucial transitional roles in their respective literatures. The oral tale is not “the childhood of fiction” (Macculloch, 1905), but the early literary traditions were beneficiaries of the oral genres, and there is no doubt that the epic and its hero are the predecessors of the African novel and its central characters. The African oral tradition distills the essences of human experiences, shaping them into rememberable, readily retrievable images of broad applicability with an extraordinary potential for eliciting emotional responses. These are removed from their historical contexts so that performers may recontextualize them in artistic forms. The oral arts, containing this sensory residue of past cultural life and the wisdom so engendered, constitute a medium for organizing, examining, and interpreting an audience's experiences of the images of the present. The tradition is a venerable one.

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On Knowing the Answer

Cited by 11 publications

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Pragmatics of humorous language

Pragmatics of humorous language

The Language of Riddles: New Perspectives

A Review of African Oral Traditions and Literature

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