On the graphic form of german official job titles in the latin entries of the Book of the proscribed people from the New City of Thorn/Toruń from the years 1358 to 1412 Cover Image

Zur graphischen Gestalt der deutschen Berufsbezeichnungen in den lateinischen Eintragungen des Thorner Proskriptionsbuches aus den Jahren 1358–1412
On the graphic form of german official job titles in the latin entries of the Book of the proscribed people from the New City of Thorn/Toruń from the years 1358 to 1412

Author(s): Piotr A. Owsiński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: official job title; proscription; history of language; sound change; dialect

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of a phonemic-graphemic analysis of German official job titles in the Latin proscription entries from the turn of the 15th century, which come from the Book of the proscribed people from the New City of Thorn/Toruń, and were written down in the Silesian dialect of Early New High German. Due to the analysis, it could be proved that the text contains the majority of the standard Early New High German features as well as the dialectal structures and the sound changes which are characteristic for the Silesian dialect, which spread in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe within the context of German Eastwards Expansion. All the results of the exploration are supported with appropriate examples.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 141-166
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: German