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Publication details [#20884]
Steiner, Erich. 1988. The interaction of language and music as semiotic systems: The examples of a folk ballad. In Gregory, Michael. Generic situation and register: A functional view of communication. In : 301–329. : 393–441.
Annotation
The author examines two semiotic systems: language and music. The question asked is what kinds of meanings are realized in what way, and more specifically, how the two systems interact in weaving the texture of linguistic text and musical text in a folkballad.