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devolutionary premise: a standalone construct

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Folklore studies

the long-held assumption in folklore study that traditions decay as they are handed on, so the oldest or fullest version is the best.

In folklore studies, devolutionary premise refers to the long-held assumption in folklore study that traditions decay as they are handed on, so the oldest or fullest version is the best. This meaning comes from Dundes (1969) in Journal of the Folklore Institute.[1]

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decay4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs folklore1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Dundes, A. (1969). The Devolutionary Premise in Folklore Theory. Journal of the Folklore Institute, 6(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.2307/3814118

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