Different Interpretations of the Syntax of an Apocrypha and the Punctuation of the Transcript. The Case of Rozmyślanie Przemyskie [The Przemyśl Medita Cover Image

Różnice w interpretacji składni zabytku a interpunkcja transkrypcji. Na przykładzie Rozmyślania przemyskiego
Different Interpretations of the Syntax of an Apocrypha and the Punctuation of the Transcript. The Case of Rozmyślanie Przemyskie [The Przemyśl Medita

Author(s): Olga Stramczewska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: punctuation; diachronic syntax; apocrypha; Rozmyślanie przemyskie [The Przemyśl Meditation]; transcription

Summary/Abstract: Rozmyślanie przemyskie [The Przemyśl Meditation] is a 16th-century apocrypha, comprising 426 cards, and completely devoid of punctuation. The article presents an analysis of selected punctuation differences in the two editions of this text: Chrestomatiastaropolska and the Freiburg edition. Punctuation inserted by publishers in transcriptions, illustrate their understanding of the syntax of the text. They are interpretations. Punctuation proposed in the editions under analysis should be treated as a voice in discussion, and not as the only source of syntactic solution.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 161-181
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish