Article

Name: On the semantics and the role of the refrain words youluge, iiluge, tane in folk songs of Forest Yukaghirs

Authors: Prokopieva Praskovya Egorovna

Institute for Humanitarian Research and North Indigenous People Problems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of folklore

Abstract: This paper discusses the meanings of the refrain words youluge, iiluge, tane in folk songs of Forest Yukaghirs. A conclusion is drawn that these are modal and interjectional words. By using the words iiluge and youluge the authors create a special emotional background of their songs and transfuse their feelings and emotions into their audience. These words perform a distinctive function in relation to the content. While singing and dancing in a ring, the Yukaghirs use the words tane and tane-yo to confirm a statement.

Keywords: forest yukagirs, song folklore, refrain words, modal and interjectional words

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