Štylistická analýza testamentov zo Starej Ľubovne s dôrazom na emotívnosť textu
Stylistic analysis of the testaments from Stará Ľubovňa with the focus on the emotivity of the texts

Summary/Abstract: The study brings the stylistic analysis of The Book of Testaments of the Townsmen from Stará Ľubovňa 1660 – 1747, which represents one of the few well-preserved archived sources from the town Stará Ľubovňa. The manuscript contains 49 testaments, inventories and confirmations of testaments and it represents the source of information about the life of the testaments´ creators. At the same time, it brings the details on the way of life in the contemporary society, the ownership and family conditions as well as on the character of the language used in the given period on the Slovak-Polish border. The study concentrates on the compositional and content analysis of the individual testaments and it also draws attention to the specificities which are typical of these genres belonging to the administrative style. The analysis focuses on the category of emotivity which influences the overall character of the text and on the modifications towards the iconicity of the text. The final part brings the evaluation of the analysed phenomena emerging dominantly from the textual macro strategy and it reveals the hybrid nature of the texts.

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