Език на автора и език на жанра: статистически поглед към творби на Климент Охридски и други старобългарски писатели
Language of the Author and Language of the Genre: A Statistical Look at Works by Clement of Ohrid’s and by Other Old Bulgarian Writers

Author(s): Lora Tasseva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Summary/Abstract: The article presents statistical data about the percent correlation between the different parts of speech in 23 homiletic and 11 hymnographic works by Clement of Ohrid as well as in 8 original writings by other Old Bulgarian authors and one translated homily. Three types of quantitative proportions are determined: common to all the examined texts, common to a given genre and specific to the authors within the genre. The comparison of the correlations within the genre with the noted author’s preferences allows outlining two contradictory trends. On the one hand, some of the facts speak in favour of inclinations specific to a particular author, which, even if being affected by the genre peculiarities, distinguish him from the other writers. On the other hand, in certain categories, it seems that the genre require¬ments turn out to be stronger than the author’s taste. What is finally discussed, in the light of the generalisations made, is the hypothetical Clement’s authorship of the Liturgy Hymns for the Forefeast of Theophany. The conclusion is that they do not share some of the important glotometric peculiarities of his other hymnographic works.

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