Possession in the Damaskini Literature. Reflections of Vernacular in Historical Corpora
Possession in the Damaskini Literature. Reflections of Vernacular in Historical Corpora
Author(s): Ivan Šimko Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Syntax, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Keywords: historical corpora; Damaskini literature; vernacular; Church Slavonic;
Summary/Abstract: In our study we focus on expressions of possessive relations in Balkan Slavic texts from the 15th–19th centuries. These show, at first sight, a great variety, but it is not clear, which forms were still productive in the vernacular at the time. Besides the archaisms, emerging due to the influence of text tradition and norms of the written language, we also study the semantics of elements of the possessive relation (possessor and its object) as possible factors in the choice of particular variant of expression. The results also show individual preferences of particular writers. Old inflectional endings were used in nearly all of the text sources, especially while marking possessors based on nouns placed high on the animacy scale. Constructions using the preposition na, preferred today, became the preferred choice for all possessive relations in sources from East Bulgaria as late as in 19th century.
Journal: Slavia - časopis pro slovanskou filologii
- Issue Year: XCIII/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 165-193
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English
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