Alliteration in Culture

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Key Topics in the Study of Alliteration....Pages 1-20
Love, Silver and the Devil: Alliteration in English Place-Names....Pages 21-33
Alliteration in English-Language Versions of Current Widespread European Idioms and Proverbs....Pages 34-44
Alliteration in Inaugural Addresses: From George Washington to Barack Obama....Pages 45-61
Purposely to Please the Palates of Pretty Prattling Playfellows....Pages 62-73
Dealing Dooms: Alliteration in the Old Frisian Laws....Pages 74-92
Restrictions on Alliteration and Rhyme in Contemporary Swedish Personal Names with an Old Germanic Retrospect....Pages 93-108
Alliteration in the Þrymskviða and in Chamisso’s German Translation....Pages 109-122
Alliteration in Iceland: From the Edda to Modern Verse and Pop Lyrics....Pages 123-140
Alliteration Involving /s/ in the History of Icelandic Poetry....Pages 141-155
Alliteration in Mongol Poetry....Pages 156-179
Around Analysis and Hypothesis of Hungarian Alliteration....Pages 180-194
Alliteration in (Balto-) Finnic Languages....Pages 195-218
Alliteration in Somali Poetry....Pages 219-230
Alliteration in Sign Language Poetry....Pages 231-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-253