A Metrical Analysis of Middle English Alliterative Poetry : Repetitious Mode and Formulaic Word Collocation

在头韵诗中，相同声音的重复在声音和意义上建立了重量，因为在日常讲话中，相同的声音并不经常引发连续的单词。在中古英语头韵诗中，另一种类型的重复出现在类似的措辞和短语中，如Cable、Duggan、Oakden、Putter和Turville-Petre所观察到的那样。我利用大约3万行大小押头韵诗歌的语料库，分析了后半行反复出现的搭配模式，这是由精确的格律规则构成的。通过对后半行韵律和句法构成的分析，可以看出重复短语和分句是否可以作为ME头韵格律中的一种特殊手段。这些搭配模式虽然不以相同的词的形式出现，但似乎起到了公式化表达的作用，并建立了独特的重复模式。

In alliterative verse, the repetition of the same sound establishes weight in sound and meaning since identical sound does not frequently initiate successive words in ordinary speech. In Middle English alliterative verse, another type of repetition is found in similar wording and phrasing as observed by Cable, Duggan, Oakden, Putter, and Turville-Petre. Using corpora consisting of approximately 30,000 lines of major and minor ME alliterative poems, I have analyzed the recurring collocation patterns of the second half-line, which is known to be structured by precise metrical rules. The analysis of the metrical and syntactic compositions of the second half-line illuminates whether recurring phrases and clauses can be considered as a special device in ME alliterative meter. Though not in the form of identical words, these collocation patterns seem to act as formulaic expressions and establish the unique mode of repetition.