In this paper, we approach the punctuation system of a medieval manuscript. This has been a matter, especially in the case of Old English, hardly studied by scholars. Thus, our knowledge about punctuation marks is somewhat restricted to just a few contributions (Harlow 1959; Mitchell 1980; Calle / Miranda Forth). However, in the last decade a number of studies dealing with medieval punctuation has come out shedding light on the use of scribal practices at the time. In this same line, we deal with the punctuation system found in the West-Saxon version of the Gospel according to Saint John to offer a detailed description of the use and function of the scribal marks of punctuation, and to find the correspondence with their modern counterparts. A corpus-based study of the text helps to classify the different examples and to reach grounded conclusions about the coherence of the punctuation symbols used.
In questo articolo si discute il sistema di punteggiatura utilizzato in un manoscritto medievale, un tema praticamente ignorato dagli studiosi, soprattutto nel caso dell’Antico Inglese; la nostra bibliografia di partenza è dunque alquanto circoscritta (Harlow 1959; Mitchell 1980; Calle / Miranda Forth). Tuttavia, negli ultimi dieci anni si è assistito ad un rinnovato interesse per questo tema. Sulla base di ciò, il nostro studio tratta il sistema di punteggiatura impiegato nella versione sassone occidentale del Vangelo secondo Giovanni, nell’intento di fornirne una descrizione dettagliata e verificarne la corrispondenza con la sua controparte moderna. I diversi esempi sono classificati secondo la metodologia dettata dalla linguistica dei corpora, il che ci permette altresì di verificare la coerenza dei vari simboli impiegati.
(2005). The punctuation system of the West-Saxon version of the Gospel according to Saint John [journal article - articolo]. In LINGUISTICA E FILOLOGIA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/138
The punctuation system of the West-Saxon version of the Gospel according to Saint John
2005-01-01
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In this paper, we approach the punctuation system of a medieval manuscript. This has been a matter, especially in the case of Old English, hardly studied by scholars. Thus, our knowledge about punctuation marks is somewhat restricted to just a few contributions (Harlow 1959; Mitchell 1980; Calle / Miranda Forth). However, in the last decade a number of studies dealing with medieval punctuation has come out shedding light on the use of scribal practices at the time. In this same line, we deal with the punctuation system found in the West-Saxon version of the Gospel according to Saint John to offer a detailed description of the use and function of the scribal marks of punctuation, and to find the correspondence with their modern counterparts. A corpus-based study of the text helps to classify the different examples and to reach grounded conclusions about the coherence of the punctuation symbols used.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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