O plebejskich i szlacheckich formułach zagajenia w dawnej polszczyźnie
On plebeian and gentry openinig speeches in old Polish

Summary/Abstract: Old Polish opening speeches in town and borough courts, under the Magdeburg law, were introduced by long formulas involving the illocutionary verb gaję ‘(I) open the speech’. These forms fell out of use. The contemporary forms derive from informal opening formulas used at the gentry assemblies, where the verbal form was referential rather than performative.

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