Słowotwórstwo gegijskie XVII wieku
Word Formation in 17th Century Gheg Albanian

Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes a word formation analysis of the Gheg dialect Albanian texts from the 17th century. The only Albanian texts of this period preserved to this day come from northern Albania and form the basis of the so-called old Albanian literature. All their authors came from northern Albania and used a similar variation of the Gheg dialect. The Gheg dialect of Albanian at that time can be considered the standard used by the Catholic environment of Northern Albania. Modern Albanian contains word formations characteristic of both main dialects: Gheg and Tosk. The aim of the present research is to investigate the word-formation structures appearing in 17th century texts.

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