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Riddle Studies

Riddle Studies is a subfield of folklore studies that focuses on riddles as a traditional verbal genre, investigating their linguistic structures, cultural contexts, and social functions within communities.

63

Publications

2.1K

Citations

83

Authors

20

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Riddles

Parents

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Publications

63

The Analysis of Time Series: Theory and Practice.

Gregory C. Reinsel, Chris Chatfield · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1981 · 333 citations

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Enigmas and riddles in literature

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 88 citations

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Children's evaluation of computer-generated punning riddles

Kim Binsted, Helen Pain, Graéme Ritchie · Pragmatics & Cognition · 1997 · 85 citations

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Introduction to special issue: ‘the ordinariness of translinguistics’

Sender Dovchin, Jerry Won Lee · International Journal of Multilingualism · 2019 · 71 citations

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Figures in the Text: Metaphors and Riddles in the Agamemnon

Gloria Ferrari · Classical Philology · 1997 · 67 citations

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Authors

83

  1. WJ
    W. J. Pepicello

    University of Delaware, United States

    3 publications · 55 citations

    3

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  2. EK
    Elli Köngäs Maranda

    2 publications · 44 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. CC
    Chris Chatfield

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 384 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. AT
    Archer Taylor

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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  5. BJ
    Barbara Johnstone

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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Institutions

20

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  2. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  5. Odense University Hospital

    Odense, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Sony Corporation (United States)

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    85 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 12 publications · 278 citations

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    h-index

  2. Western Folklore

    3 publications · 83 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 127 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Classical Philology

    2 publications · 85 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. African Studies

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

    h-index

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See also

Riddle Studies

Core Methods

Linguistic Features

Social Functions

Cultural Contexts