0 a traditional story that people of a particular region or group repeat among themselves --
Using this range (2 - 3) to define a set of minimally counterintuitive folktales, it is revealed that 76.5% of minimally counterintuitive tales are in the culturally successful sample.
Are "folktales" a distinct register, on a par with "private conversation"?
The chapter also provides an intriguing investigation of the commune, family household, rites of passage, magic, religion, schools, literacy, and folktales.
His interests include poetry, myths, legend, and folktale.
They selected approximately 121 titles from the following categories: informational books, folktales, realistic fiction, nonfiction, traditional literature, and fantasy.
In addition, 65 university students read these folktales and rated them on a number of characteristics, including memorability and ease of transmission.
Even when exactly the same folktale is recounted, a situation that could be expected to lead to ritualization, variability persists.
Commonly known folktales were used to control the content of the elicited narratives.
