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Ll.2. A detailed account of all periods in V. Gl. and R. is
given in the following table and graphic drawings.
In the top line of the table the number of syllables
per period is listed, in the following lines the number of
periods per syllable-group.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
V.Gl.
— 1 4 6 13 16 28 34 35 31 30 32 33 32 30 31 32 27 23 29 25 26 23 12 13 21 19 10
R.
---- 2 3 4 5 4 12 7 6 14 21 10 10 17 11 13 13 14 11 10 13 14 12 7 12 5
V.Gl. ch. 13-16
--3582 14 9 14 5658616664241211 2 1 2
R. ch. 26
----41131321232—121—411131 3 1 1
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
V.Gl.
11 11 11 96 16 866576252351142413— 4 2 1
R.
12 4 10 87 11 8 13 93764551115243511 2 2 1
V.Gl. ch. 13-16
2 1 2 1 1 1-1----2-------1-----------— — —
R. ch. 26
----1 1— 1 1_ 2 — 1 1— 1 2-----------— — —
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 73 74 75 77 79 84 86 87 90 95 100 104 114 117
V.Gl.
2 3 1— 2 — 1— 2 — 1-1--2----------1— — — — —
R.
2413221—211—1211—121111—1 1 1 1 1
V.Gl. ch. 13-16
R. ch. 26
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In R. the groups with highest frequency are those of
9-36 syllables, containing 305 out of 428, or 71%.
In V. Gl. those of 5-28 syllables, containing 607 out
of 774, or 78%.
In the first groups, 1-8 syllables, R. has a bare mi-
nimum of 18 periods, V. Gl. however 102.