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On Consonants in Somali Metrics
No full textThe author takes the cue from a Gaarriye article to deepen the investigation on metrics in Somali poetry, focusing in particular on the role of consonants in Somali metrics.Qoraagu wuxuu ka shidaal qaadanayaa maqaalkii uu Gaarriye qoray inuu baaro miisaanka maansada soomaaliyeed, maqaalkani wuxuu diiradda saarayaa kaalinta ay ka qaadanayaan shibbanayaashu.L'autore prende spunto da un articolo di Gaarriye per approfondire la ricerca sulla metrica nella poesia somala, concentrandosi in particolare sul ruolo delle consonanti nella metrica somala
Phonation in Somali phonology
No full textThe author presents a phonological study on Somali language, in particular it focuses on the binary feature voiced/unvoiced stating its inadequacy.Qoraagu wuxuu halkan ku muujinayaa daraasaad ku saabsan codaynta Af-soomaaliga, wuxuuna si gaar ah diiradda u saarayaa labada qaab codlle/codlaawe oo aan is lahayn.L'autore presenta uno studio fonologico sulla lingua somala: in particolare definisce il tratto binario sonoro/sordo inadeguato ad un'esauriente descrizione della lingua.Mohamed Mohamed Abdi (a cura di
A literary stylistic analysis of a poem by the Somali poet Axmed Ismaciil Diiriye 'Qaasim'
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Language and its sound in ‘Allayl Dumay’ by Raage Ugaas Warfaa
Full text linkIn this article I present a detailed analysis of a famous poem by Raage Ugaas Warfaa. Raage, who lived in the nineteenth century, is acknowedged as one of the greatest poets of all time among the Somalis. A good number of his poems have been passed down over the years and in more recent decades have been written down. I consider here one of his most famous gabay poems. It is a lament, calaacal in Somali, which was prompted by Raage’s fiancée being married to another man when he had been away for some time after the initial marriage agreement had been made. The poem is very widely known and appreciated and one of my main aims here is to show why this is so. In the analysis I outline grammatical aspects of the poem with a view to providing a study of some of the interesting linguistic features. Then, in the main part, I look at the images and language used and, in particular, consider the way sound, both words related to sound and the actual use of sound in the poem relate to its message and to the idea of subjectivity
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