On the Mixed Linguistic Status of Medieval Charters

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Pages: 281-288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/NHQZ4206

Abstract:

The main problem with the use of medieval language sources is that there is no source in which we could have a completely consistent language version. The mixed feature of the individual sources may have originated from the mixing of the writer’s own dialect and the literary norm, the fluctuations of the author’s own language version independent of normal effects, and the joint manifestations of the language version of different individuals. When considering the value of the language historical source of the medieval Hungarian charters, these aspects can be applied to any of our later sources as well.

Keywords:

literary norm, charters, historical dialectology

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