Outer Reaches of the Palindrome

This work is an exploration into the palindrome, both as a literary form and an expression of infinity. The first two chapters address the fascinating manner in which the mind contextualizes fragments of speech and ludicrous grammatical implications that are spawned by the poetic structure of the palindrome (third chapter). The thesis then departs from the literary aspect of the palindrome and focuses in the fourth chapter on structural likenesses in psychology and mythology. The fifth chapter argues the palindrome and parallel conceptual structures as examples of recursion, then presents examples of recursion in language/grammar, art, and computer science. The sixth chapter uses instances of the recursive equiangular spiral throughout nature to introduce recursion and therefore the palindrome as an archetypal expression of infinity. The thesis ends with a list of the author's palindromes.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• McConnell, Michael Constantine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ross, John Robert, 1938-
• Rodman, Barbara
• Souris, Stephen

• Palindromes.
• infinity
• palindrome
• recursion
• literary form
• spriral

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• McConnell, Michael Constantine
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 54446720
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4407/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc4407

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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