Elli Köngäs Maranda, The Logic of Riddles . Un article publié dans l ouvrage sous la direction de Pierre Maranda et Elli Köngäs Maranda, Structural Analysis of Oral Tradition, pp. 189-232. Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, 1971

Elli Köngäs Maranda, “The Logic of Riddles” (1971)
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Une édition électronique réalisée à partir de l'article de Madame Elli Köngäs Maranda, “The Logic of Riddles”. Un article publié dans l’ouvrage sous la direction de Pierre Maranda et Elli Köngäs Maranda, Structural Analysis of Oral Tradition, pp. 189-232. Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, 1971, 324 pp. [Autorisation formelle accordée, le 6 juillet 2005, par M. Pierre Maranda de diffuser ses travaux ainsi que tous ceux de sa défunte épouse, Mme Elli Köngäs Maranda.]

Contents MATERIALS METHOD: The Unit of Analysis; Reciprocity of Action and Binary Cognitive Structures; Analogy, Metaphor, and Metonymy; Aspects of Analysis
ELEMENTARY RIDDLE STRUCTURES SIMPLE RIDDLE STRUCTURE COMPOUND RIDDLE STRUCTURES REVERSAL IN RIDDLES OTHER EXAMPLES OF REVERSAL PRODUCTIVE METAPHORS: Old Woman with Eyes; Old Woman with Teeth, Mouth; Old Woman with Head; Old Woman with Lap; Another Complementary Pair; Man Goes into the Forest; A Student in Every House; Sets Connected in Riddles
PARADOX STRING RIDDLES MORE A THAN A STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS: Alliteration; The Relation of Image and Answer; Examples of Stylistic Analysis
CONCLUSION REFERENCES