The orthography of the Fedorovsky II Parimeinik of the 13th century

A.O. Shtatnova

Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia

E-mail: gelinafedorova@gmail.com

Received January 18, 2021

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DOI: 10.26907/2541-7738.2021.1.30-41

For citation: Shtatnova A.O. The orthography of the Fedorovsky II Parimeinik of the 13th century. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki, 2021, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 30–41. doi: 10.26907/2541-7738.2021.1.30-41. (In Russian)

Abstract

The spelling, phonetics, and grammar of the Fedorovsky II Parimeinik of the 13th century were analyzed for the first time. The results obtained were used to specify the time when the manuscript was created and the region of its origin: it should be dated to around the second half of the 13th century and confined to the corpus of texts having either Pskov or Novgorod origin. A number of examples were provided to show that the text under study is highly variable at all levels. The active usage of graphic doublets was found. It was noticed that the Old Slavonic reflexes occur along with the Old Russian ones. In the system of past tenses, both archaic and innovative forms were registered. The mobility of the norms of the Old Russian language was observed, thereby indicating the liberalization of the language of church literature. Therefore, the Fedorovsky II Parimeinik was susceptible to changes that took place in the language system of that time and fell under the influence of Russification.

Keywords: Old Russian language, parimeinik, graphic doublets, Old Slavonic and Old Russian  reflexes, lack of full vocalism, full vocalism, yery, preterit forms, archaic and innovative uses, electronic text

Acknowledgments. The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 20-512-18001).

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