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A North-Western Karaim manuscript found in Lutsk – a case of dialect mingling?

Publication date: 21.05.2012

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2012, Volume 129, Issue 2, pp. 139 - 162

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.12.010.0599

Authors

Michał Németh
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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A North-Western Karaim manuscript found in Lutsk – a case of dialect mingling?

Abstract

The question of dialect mingling in Karaim has been raised by several authors. We know that there was continual contact between members of most Karaim communities during at least the last three centuries, but we know little about the intensity of the discussed phenomenon. Manuscripts reflecting the spoken language serve as our only source of knowledge. One must, however, be careful when editing them since not every manuscript that contains linguistic material referring to more than one Karaim dialect is to be treated as proof of dialect mingling. The present paper presents a critical edition of a Karaim manuscript written in 1868 which contains both north- and south-western elements, and aims to answer the question whether this document can be treated as a relevant example of dialect mingling.

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Information: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2012, Volume 129, Issue 2, pp. 139 - 162

Article type: Original article

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A North-Western Karaim manuscript found in Lutsk – a case of dialect mingling?

English:

A North-Western Karaim manuscript found in Lutsk – a case of dialect mingling?

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 21.05.2012

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