Partykuły epistemiczne w Rocznikach Jana Długosza
Epistemic Particles in the Annals of Jan Długosz

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the use of epistemic particles in Jan Długosz’s Annals, a work considered the greatest achievement of Polish medieval historiography written in Latin. The analysis focuses on particles in the quantitative and distributional aspects. The semantics of these particles, their role in the narrative of the Annals, their syntax (in particular their relationship with hosting utterances), as well as their position in the linear order of the sentence are discussed in detail. This study has shown that Długosz’s use of these particles does not differ greatly from the norms of classical Latin. In the introductory section of the article, the author presents research on Latin and Polish particles, using the latter in an examination of Latin examples. The author’s treatment of this subject is indebted to the terminological and methodological strategies developed by Maciej Grochowski, which are given here extensive application.

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