Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. METER AND RHYTHM -- II. DESCRIPTION OF THE METER -- III. RHYTHMIC UNITS COMPOSING THE LINES -- IV. METRICAL AND RHYTHMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BYLINA -- V. REPETITION OF PREPOSITIONS -- VI. MORPHOLOGICAL VARIANTS AND METRICAL ALTERNANTS -- VII. ACCENTUATION CHANGES AND THE FORMATION OF THE EPIC FORMULAS -- VIII. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINE IN RUSSIAN -- APPENDIX. EXAMPLES OF LINES -- A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index -- Backmatterweiterlesen