UWAGI NA TEMAT LISTÓW PEWNEJ PRZEORYSZY, PISANYCH W 1. POŁOWIE XVIII WIEKU
NOTES ON THE LANGUAGE OF LETTERS OF A PRIORESS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 18-TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The material basis for the present paper is a collection of letters by Katarzyna Bystrzejowska, a nun from a monastery in Lviv, coming from the years 1700-1712. Presently, the archive records are to be found in the V division of the Radziwiłł Archive (Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw). What deserves a particular attention in the discussed material are individualised spelling (among others the lack of diacritic marks) and punctuation, numerous types of transcript reflecting the image of everyday speech (e.g. strong secondary palatalisation of the l sound), as well as archaic forms with respect to syntax. The letters written in certain circumstances are interesting also from the lexical and stylistic point of view. The nun, performing the functions of a subprioress and a prioress, took care of other nuns and acquired goods and funds from various people, which were necessary for the operation of the convent. In order to obtain the needed goods she used verbal means of persuasion (colloquial idioms or beseeching requests).

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