Responsion, accentual metrics and metrical irregularity in the cantiga de amigo
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This paper defends Parkinson’s (2016) claim that the metre of a significant number of cantigas de amigois accentual rather than accentual-syllabic, by rebutting an oblique defence of traditional metrics in Cohen (2018), and a direct critique of accentual metre in Cohen (2017).
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