Rédei Károly: Zyrian folklore texts - Bibliotheca Uralica 3. (Budapest, 1978)
1828-1978 PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR OF THE 150th JUBILEE K. RÉDEI ZYRIAN FOLKLORE TEXTS The publication includes Zyrian texts collected by the author in the Komi ASSR in 1964, presenting the dialectal features of the Vym, Upper and Lower Vichegda, Vishera, Northern and Southern Permyak districts, from where no material has so far been made available for research. As to genre, they consist of folk-tales, narratives, songs, children’s songs, laments, riddles, and proverbs. The collection readily lends itself to a complex study of the phonetic system, morphology and syntax of present-day Zyrian, offering at the same time important source material for folklorists, as well as for ethnomusicologists who will certainly appreciate the musical notations of songs (contributed by Mária Domokos). The English translations of the collection and the abundant notes of ethnographical and linguistic interest facilitate understanding of the phonematically transcribed texts. ISBN 963 051506 7 AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUDAPEST