Dots and Acute Accent Shapes in the Dobrejšo Gospel
Dots and Acute Accent Shapes in the Dobrejšo Gospel
Author(s): Cynthia M. VakareliyskaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Old Church Slavonic; Bulgarian Church Slavonic; Slavic linguistics; medieval Slavic manuscripts; liquid consonants; vocalic liquids; historical Slavic phonology; Gospels
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the distribution of three types of sporadic and infrequent diacritics in the Dobrejšo Gospel and their functions: a dot or acute-accent shape over a liquid consonant letterin OCS trъt/trьt formations, and, more rarely, over other consonant letters in clusters; a singleor multiple acute-accent shape over the letter л or н in certain words; and a titlo over unabbreviated words containing OCS trъt/trьt formations.
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 205-224
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
