Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2020
This chapter encourages a reflection on the relationship between ‘tradition’ and ‘innovation’ in the study of diachronic orthography. The author works with structuralist oppositions and systemic representations of the language (graph–allograph representations of language) and refers to the theoretical paradigm proposed in the structuralist framework to compare different editions of a text. The author analyses the spelling systems of two editions of Baltazar Opec’s Żywot Pana Jezu Krysta (The Life of our Lord Jesus Christ) and proposes an integration of the traditional model with a discussion of socio-historical factors, in order to provide insights into the functionality of spelling systems in Early Modern Polish.
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