LEADER 02934oam 2200505I 450 001 9910796889003321 005 20230113231635.0 010 $a90-04-35320-8 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004353206 035 $a(CKB)4100000002284023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5331668 035 $a(OCoLC)1030304572 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004353206 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002284023 100 $a20180403d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOld Russian birchbark letters $ea pragmatic approach /$fSimeon Dekker 210 1$aLeiden :$cBrill,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (220 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in Slavic and general linguistics ;$vv. 42 311 0 $a90-04-36238-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- The Field of Study: Berestology -- The Background: Communicatively Heterogeneous Letters -- Research Question -- Theory and Methodology: Pragmaphilology -- Case Study I: Imperative Subjects -- Case Study II: Speech Reporting -- Case Study III: Epistolary Past Tense -- Case Study IV: Assertive Declarations -- Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Index of Birchbark Letters -- References. 330 $aThis study is devoted to a corpus of Old Russian letters, written on pieces of birchbark. These unique texts from Novgorod and surroundings give us an exceptional impression of everyday life in medieval Russian society. In this study, the birchbark letters are addressed from a pragmatic angle. Linguistic parameters are identified that shed light on the degree to which literacy had gained ground in communicative processes. It is demonstrated that the birchbark letters occupy an intermediate position between orality and literacy. On the one hand, oral habits of communication persisted, as reflected in how the birchbark letters are phrased; on the other hand, literate modes of expression emerged, as seen in the development of normative conventions and literate formulae. 410 0$aStudies in Slavic and General Linguistics$v42. 606 $aBark inscriptions$zRussia (Federation)$zVeliki? Novgorod 606 $aInscriptions, Russian (Old)$zRussia (Federation)$zVeliki? Novgorod 606 $aBark inscriptions$zRussia (Federation)$zNovgorodskai?a oblast? 606 $aInscriptions, Russian (Old)$zRussia (Federation)$zNovgorodskai?a oblast? 615 0$aBark inscriptions 615 0$aInscriptions, Russian (Old) 615 0$aBark inscriptions 615 0$aInscriptions, Russian (Old) 676 $a411/.7094722 700 $aDekker$b Simeon$01550964 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796889003321 996 $aOld Russian birchbark letters$93810194 997 $aUNINA