%0 Journal Article 
%A Cherkaoui, Driss
%T The characteristics of the Moroccan dialect used in traditional oral tales

%D 2020
%@ 1133-8571
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24129
%X This article explores the cultural and linguistic aspects of Moroccan traditional tales,
which are performed in public by storytellers. We examine how the dialect, Moroccan Darija, is
used in these performances. Some expressions such as proverbs may be readily understood crossculturally, while others are culturally specific. There are also opening and closing expressions or
expressions with religious overtones which may be used so often that they can be qualified as
formulae. The article presents examples of various types of repetitions, such as diacope (repeating
words separated by other words), epimone (repetition to stress a point) or polyptoton (use of
different words based on the same root); examples of synonyms to emphasize a point; use of
antonyms; rhymes; changes in tone; use of sarcasm, all of which highlight the poetic richness of
Moroccan Darija, an oral language long undervalued by scholars.

%K Darija
%K Dialecto marroquí
%K Literatura oral
%K Fórmulas
%K Narración poética
%K Proverbios marroquíes
%K Moroccan dialect
%K Oral Stories
%K Formulae
%K The Poetic of Narration
%K Moroccan proverbs
%~ Universidad de Cádiz