19 The Emergence of Galician as a Written Language
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Juan Pedro Sánchez Méndez
Abstract
This chapter describes the emergence process of written Galician, in light of the most recent research in the Galician context, which is where the greatest advances, both in quality and quantity, have been made in recent years. Firstly, from a Romance perspective, it describes the emergence and gradual and progressive consolidation of writing in Galician as a pan-Romance collective phenomenon within a context of Latin as the language of culture. Secondly, an account is given of the sociolinguistic scenario of Romance languages in general and Galician in particular, in which we have, by way of different registers depending on the texts and the situation, ecclesiastical Latin, notarial Latin and vernacular. Following this, there is an examination of the process of the emergence of writing and the constitution of a scripta through hybrid Latin-Galician texts, which are defined as transitional, and in which it is observed that, starting with Castilian and especially Astur-Leonese models, the written uses of Romance language were gradually introduced into the Galician notarial apparatus and would later advance from Galician centres towards the south until reaching Portugal. The chronology of the first texts written in Galician forms the conclusion of this chapter.
Abstract
This chapter describes the emergence process of written Galician, in light of the most recent research in the Galician context, which is where the greatest advances, both in quality and quantity, have been made in recent years. Firstly, from a Romance perspective, it describes the emergence and gradual and progressive consolidation of writing in Galician as a pan-Romance collective phenomenon within a context of Latin as the language of culture. Secondly, an account is given of the sociolinguistic scenario of Romance languages in general and Galician in particular, in which we have, by way of different registers depending on the texts and the situation, ecclesiastical Latin, notarial Latin and vernacular. Following this, there is an examination of the process of the emergence of writing and the constitution of a scripta through hybrid Latin-Galician texts, which are defined as transitional, and in which it is observed that, starting with Castilian and especially Astur-Leonese models, the written uses of Romance language were gradually introduced into the Galician notarial apparatus and would later advance from Galician centres towards the south until reaching Portugal. The chronology of the first texts written in Galician forms the conclusion of this chapter.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Contents VII
- Abbreviations IX
- Introduction 1
- 1 Galician and Romance Linguistics 5
- 2 Phonetics and Phonology 19
- 3 Inflectional Morphology 53
- 4 Word Formation 77
- 5 Syntax 107
- 6 Phraseology 157
- 7 Lexicography 173
- 8 Discourse Markers 193
- 9 Dialectal Variation 217
- 10 Spoken and Written Language 243
- 11 Language and Society 259
- 12 Galician-Spanish Language Contact 281
- 13 Codification and Standard Language 303
- 14 Terminology and Neology 319
- 15 Language and Education 335
- 16 Galician and the Media 353
- 17 Language and Emigration 373
- 18 Social History of the Galician Language 393
- 19 The Emergence of Galician as a Written Language 427
- 20 Historical Phonetics and Phonology 441
- 21 Historical Morphology 465
- 22 History of Galician Lexicon 493
- 23 Onomastics 517
- 24 Linguistic Historiography 537
- List of Contributors 559
- Index 561
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Contents VII
- Abbreviations IX
- Introduction 1
- 1 Galician and Romance Linguistics 5
- 2 Phonetics and Phonology 19
- 3 Inflectional Morphology 53
- 4 Word Formation 77
- 5 Syntax 107
- 6 Phraseology 157
- 7 Lexicography 173
- 8 Discourse Markers 193
- 9 Dialectal Variation 217
- 10 Spoken and Written Language 243
- 11 Language and Society 259
- 12 Galician-Spanish Language Contact 281
- 13 Codification and Standard Language 303
- 14 Terminology and Neology 319
- 15 Language and Education 335
- 16 Galician and the Media 353
- 17 Language and Emigration 373
- 18 Social History of the Galician Language 393
- 19 The Emergence of Galician as a Written Language 427
- 20 Historical Phonetics and Phonology 441
- 21 Historical Morphology 465
- 22 History of Galician Lexicon 493
- 23 Onomastics 517
- 24 Linguistic Historiography 537
- List of Contributors 559
- Index 561
