Якутские олонхо: от поэтики к прагматике
This paper is dedicated to consideration of traditional functions of oral epic genre. The author analyses it as exemplified in Olonkho ― Yakut epic tales. He considers the early records of Yakut epic tales which were made at the end of the XIX century. Their narrative structure, syntax and semantics of their plot provide an opportunity to clarify one of the most possible ways of epic text fulfilling its magical function ― through the manifestation of significant case.
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