Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are consequences of Jakobson's projection formula?
Hints
- Three name devices that impose equivalence on a sequence; one is a claim the formula does not make.
- Nothing in the formula forbids telling a story.
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- B. Parallelism makes phrases equivalent
- C. Metre makes positions in the line equivalent
- D. Rhyme makes sounds at different points equivalent
Why
Metre, rhyme and parallelism are all ways of making a sequence obey the logic of selection, which is exactly the projection Jakobson describes. Narrative sequence is untouched by the formula, epic is the obvious counter-example to the first option.
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