Old Russian birchbark letters : a pragmatic approach /

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A corpus of medieval Russian letters is investigated from a pragmatic angle, in order to identify linguistic parameters that demonstrate the development from orality to literacy in the communicative practices of the time

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dekker, Simeon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, 2018.
Series:Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; 42.
Subjects:
Bark inscriptions > Russia (Federation) > Novgorodskai͡a oblastʹ.
Inscriptions, Russian (Old) > Russia (Federation) > Novgorodskai͡a oblastʹ.
Inscriptions sur écorce > Russie > Novgorod (Oblast)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Spelling.
Bark inscriptions
Inscriptions, Russian (Old)
Russia (Federation) > Novgorodskai͡a oblastʹ
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The field of study: berestology
  • The background: communicatively heterogeneous letters
  • Research question
  • Theory and methodology: pragmaphilology
  • Case study I: imperative subjects
  • Case study II: speech reporting
  • Case study III: epistolary past tense
  • Case study IV: assertive declarations
  • Conclusions

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