LATIN AND OLD IRISH IN THE MUNICH COMPUTUS: A REASSESSMENT AND FURTHER EVIDENCE
| Autor: | Immo Warntjes, Jacopo Bisagni |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Bisagni, Jacopo |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Classroom teaching
Register (sociolinguistics) Linguistics and Language History Literature and Literary Theory media_common.quotation_subject Old Irish Context (language use) [SHS.LANGUE] Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics Language and Linguistics Latin text language.human_language Latin Computus [SHS.HISPHILSO] Humanities and Social Sciences/History Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences Munich Computus [SHS.HIST] Humanities and Social Sciences/History Phenomenon language [SHS.CLASS] Humanities and Social Sciences/Classical studies Classics Function (engineering) media_common |
| Zdroj: | ÉRIU. 57:1-33 |
| ISSN: | 2009-0056 0332-0758 |
| DOI: | 10.3318/eriu.2007.57.1 |
| Popis: | This article analyses the relatively rare phenomenon of code-switching and code-mixing from Latin to Old Irish in the Munich Computus. All (includ ing previously unnoticed) instances of Old Irish in this Latin text are dis cussed, both from the linguistic point of view and as regards the reasons for their application. The author of the Munich Computus, writing in AD 719 and consequently being one of the earliest compilers of a comprehensive computistical textbook, faced the difficult task of transferring classroom teaching into writing without a model for this task at hand. In this context, it is argued that the shift to an informal register (Old Irish) was employed to serve specific didactical purposes, to facilitate the understanding of com plicated technical material. Additionally, this analysis sheds more light on the function and nature of the Munich Computus itself. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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