Właściwości językowe listów Anny i Elżbiety Mniszchówien z lat 1722–1746
Linguistic characteristics of letters by Anna and Elżbieta Mniszech from the years 1722–1746

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses of the graphic-phonetic and grammatical characteristics of the letters written by two sisters, Anna and Elżbieta Mniszech, who were members of an old aristocratic family settled in the Sanok district. The material analysed includes 100 letters written in the years 1722–1746 and addressed to their father, Józef Wandalin Mniszech or to both parents. The graphic and orthographic features of the letters are typical of the manuscripts from the Middle Polish period, which frequently failed to comply with the standardized writing of contemporary prints. While Elżbieta’s writings are imbued with greater archaism, the texts of both authors reveal colloquial and regional characteristics (of southern borderland). The features of the 18th century colloquial Polish in the texts analysed include: the close e vowel and the denasalisation of -ę in the ultima, while among regional characteristics one will find close o and denasalized pronunciation of -M in the ultima.

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