Medieval textual maturity of Romance Languages

Authors

  • Michael Metzeltin Institute for Romance Studies, University of Vienna; Austrian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/RPM.2021.35.35.88792

Keywords:

Textuality, Textual serialization, Textual potentiality, Textual maturity, Textual series

Abstract

Metaphorically, a language can be considered potentially mature if in the respective society exist, at least in a latent state, the linguistic fundamentals (lexical, morphological, syntactic, textual) necessary to establish the different textual genres required by the various spheres of its culture (textual potentiality). The respective society would be really mature only if it has developed the paradigms of the different textual genres in reproducible series (v. gr. epic poems, donation letters, etc.; textual serialization). The wealth of textual series constitutes one of the basic axes of any culture. The development of textual series is correlated with the formation and continuity of state structures. This work offers a brief comparative overview of textual development in different medieval Romance cultures.

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Published

2021-11-30

How to Cite

Metzeltin, M. (2021) “Medieval textual maturity of Romance Languages”, Revista de poética medieval, 35(35), pp. 163–178. doi: 10.37536/RPM.2021.35.35.88792.

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Monographic papers