Studia Islandica - 01.06.1956, Side 16

Studia Islandica - 01.06.1956, Side 16
14 REYKDŒLA SAGA EPIC PART DIRECT SPEECH _____A___________ _________A______ t ' \ t \ w o PERIODS SYLL. PER PER. SYLL. PER PHRASE PARAT. HYPOT. \ PERIODS SYLL. PER PER. SYLL. PER PHRASE PARAT. HYPOT. 17. 21 20.8 10.4 n 10 — 18. 78 28.4 9.1 65 90 7 41.4 9.1 5 20 19. 38 27.4 9.7 32 38 5 26.2 9.4 2 7 20. 20 40.8 10.2 28 32 2 43.- 10.8 1 5 21. 17 37.- 8.5 36 21 — 22. 23 35,- 9.5 33 29 2 14.5 14.5 — — 23. 58 25.7 9.3 57 46 3 27.- 8.1 2 5 24. 52 26.4 8.9 45 58 3 17.3 6.5 2 3 25. 32 31.9 9.7 35 38 1 39.- 7.8 — 4 26. 55 20.6 7.6 48 45 35 24.4 8.1 21 49 27. 16 25.4 8.8 18 12 — 28. 22 31.9 9.1 30 25 — 29. 19 29.3 9.1 28 14 1 18 9 — 1 30. 31 33.6 10.3 45 24 3 45.3 12.4 6 2 482 511 482 62 39 96 4. Next is given the average length of periods and phrases in the epic part of the sagas in a condensed form, covering the complete texts. PERIODS PHRASES Droplaugarsona saga ............. 18.3 8.7 Heiðarvíga saga.................. 20.8 8.7 Fóstbrœðra saga ................. 20.8 9.2 Egils saga ...................... 20.05 8.5 Gísla saga ...................... 20.1 7.7 Grettis saga ...................... 18.6 8.9 Hrafnkels saga................... 18.4 9.4 Laxdœla saga....................... 18.7 9.6 Njáls saga ........................ 16.8 8- Reykdœla saga.................... 28.2 9.1 Reykdœla saga ch. 26 ............ 20.6 7.6 Viga-Glúms saga exc. 13-16 ...... 20.3 9.- Víga-Glúms saga 13-16 ........... 14.- 6.9 The average length of periods as well as of phrases is showing a rather great regularity throughout. Exceptions: Reykdœla saga, with 28.2 per period, i.e. about 40% higher than the ‘normal’ average, and Vígo

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