Abstract
One of the most prominent conventions in the oral folktale tradition is the occurrence of opening and closing formulas. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the special significance and function of these formulas within the tale structure. The application is done on data from the iintsomi tradition of the amaXhosa.
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