Letter of Moldovan duke Alexander Dubrovnik from 1566 (textual and linguistic analysis) Cover Image

ПИСМО МОЛДАВСКОГ ВОЈВОДЕ АЛЕКСАНДРА ДУБРОВНИКУ ИЗ 1566. ГОДИНЕ (ТЕКСТОЛОШКА И ЈЕЗИЧКА АНАЛИЗА)
Letter of Moldovan duke Alexander Dubrovnik from 1566 (textual and linguistic analysis)

Author(s): Marko Z. Prokić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Универзитет у Крагујевцу
Keywords: Alexander;Dubrovnik;Dragutin Srbin; Serbian cyrillic scripts;Herzegovina-Krajina dialect zon

Summary/Abstract: This work focuses on the research of textual and linguistic properties of a letter written by the Moldovan duke Alexander to the city of Dubrovnik in 1566. Apart from the orthographic, phonetic, phonological and morphological analysis, this work features original edition of the letter, its transcription and modern edition. Research results suggest an older type of orthography which shares certain characteristics with orthography of Rashka, Hum and Bosnia. The most prominent phonetic properties witnessed in the work in question are: 1) ekavian and ekavian or ijekavian yat reflexes; 2) consistent vocalization of old semivowel; 3) syllable final /л/˃/о/. The most prominent morphological properties witnessed in the work in question are: 1) dative and locative singular of old *-ā- and *-jā declination ending in -и; 2) genitive plural of nouns ending in -а; 3) genitive singular of pronouns and adjectives ending in -ега/-ога; 4) genitive and dative plural of masculine definite ad beside expected dative ending 5) first person singular present tense ending in -м; 6) third person present tense without ending -т; 7) infinitive ending in -и. Dominant presence of national language in the text is an indication of Herzegovina-Krajina dialect zone. Photographs of the original document can be found in the supplement.

  • Issue Year: XV/2014
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 105-132
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Serbian