Original scientific paper

GLAGOLITIC EPIGRAPHS FOUND ON THE ISLANDS OF THE ZADAR ARCHIPELAGO

Vedran Žužak ; professor of croatian language and literature, Split, Croatia

Abstract

The author has conducted a linguistic analysis of all known epigraphic monuments that can be found on the islands of the Zadar archipelago. The first chapter outlines some general linguistic features of epigraphs, which distinguish them from other types of linguistic communication. The main part of the article consists of thelinguistic analysis of the texts. The analysis is conducted on all linguistic levels, that is, on graphical, phonological, features typical for the Čakavian dialects of Zadar’s islands, as well as on the particular structure of the texts resulting from the specific function of the epigraphic monuments.
Epigraphic monuments found on the Zadar islands represent a special and an interesting type of communication, abounding in data important for linguistic disciplines such as dialectology. They are also an important source of information which can be used in various scientific disciplines in order to reconstruct the culture of a certain area at a certain time in history.
A chronological list and a catalogue of all analysed monuments can be found in the Appendix, followed by the dictionary containing all the words found on the monuments.

Keywords

linguistic; glagolitic; epigraphie; Zadar; island

Hrčak ID:

33908

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/33908

Publication date:

30.11.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian italian

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