Psaní velkých písmen v samostatně vydaných českých Nových zákonech 15. a 16. století
Capitalization in the separately published Czech New Testaments of 15th and 16th centuries
Author(s): Martina NývltováSubject(s): Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: Bible;capitalization;Czech Bible translation;writing system;humanism;lexical level;New Testament;orthography;
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the development of capitalization in early printed Czech New Testaments. The method employed was the same as in previous studies by Fidlerová, Dittmann and Vladimírová, who examined the majuscules in Old Czech Bibles. The research presented aimed to to confirm and further develop their results on the basis of several separately published New Testaments. The chosen editions were analysed on the lexical level. The percentage of capitals in various categories of substantives, adjectives and numerals was calculated. The increased usage of majuscules in the Melantrich prints was confirmed. Blahoslav’s New Testament was similar to the pre-Melantrich editions.
Journal: Naše řeč
- Issue Year: 99/2016
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 189-206
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Czech