Macaronic Poetry

Archibald, Elizabeth

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“…2 Switching particularly occurs between English and Latin, though French is also well attested. The integration into verse or stanza is manifold and we find, for example, switching between half lines, full lines, refrain or cauda, as well as irregular switching (see Archibald, 2010: 277). Furthermore, switching fulfils a variety of functions and most of those listed in Gumperz (1982: 75–84) for living languages, such as quotations, reiteration, and interjections also occur in shorter medieval poems (see Schendl, 2001: 324–329).…”

Section: Medieval Multilingualism and Code-switchingmentioning

confidence: 91%

Code-switching in early English literature

Schendl

2015

Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics

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Code-switching has been a frequent feature of literary texts from the beginning of English literary tradition to the present time. The medieval period, in particular, with its complex multilingual situation, has provided a fruitful background for multilingual texts, and will be the focus of the present article. After looking at the linguistic background of the period and some specifics of medieval literature and of historical code-switching, the article discusses the main functions of code-switching in medieval poetry and drama, especially in regard to the different but changing status of the three main languages of literacy: Latin, French and English. This functional-pragmatic approach is complemented by a section on syntactic aspects of medieval literary code-switching, which also contains a brief comparison with modern spoken code-switching and shows some important similarities and differences between the two sets of data.

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Section: Medieval Multilingualism and Code-switchingmentioning

confidence: 91%

Code-switching in early English literature

Schendl

2015

Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics

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“…In the Early Middle Ages, Latin lost all its native speakers, and the emergence of new languages on the linguistic map of Europe made language mixing more frequent and varied (see e.g. Archibald, 2010;Harvey, 1978;Herren, 1974;Stolt, 1964;Voigts, 1996;Wenzel, 1994;Wright, 2002). However, this mixing was either confined to the bureaucratic context or to isolated humorous use.…”

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Artificial fusion: The curious case of Macaronic Latin

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2020

International Journal of Bilingualism

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Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: The present paper aims to situate Macaronic Latin, a peculiar type of linguistic mixture that was used in literary works in early modern Europe, within the context of phenomena such as code-switching and borrowing, as well as mixed and constructed languages. The main objective is to see whether and how it can be compared to various instances of linguistic structures originating from more than one source language. Design/Methodology/Approach: After a description of its historical background and sociolinguistic features, main linguistic traits of Macaronic Latin are sketched and, finally, compared to other language contact phenomena, with particular reference to the fusion hypothesis. Data and Analysis: The main data for the analysis are sixty samples from macaronic works belonging to eleven language pairs. The analysis shows that mixed words in Macaronic Latin have properties of both borrowings and loans, being very similar to nonce formations. When compared to mixed and constructed languages, Macaronic Latin shows peculiarities that set it apart from either group. Findings/Conclusions: Although individual structural aspects of Macaronic Latin align its individual aspects with various outcomes of linguistic contact, the sociolinguistic pattern of its creation and later development make it a rather untypical case of linguistic mixing. Originality: Latin served as the main language of learned communication in medieval and early modern Europe; yet, this paper is the first study devoted to putting it in the context of mixed language debate. Significance/Implications: The study suggests that the preservation of the widespread use of a language with no native speakers requires sociolinguistic forces so strong so as to override many trends of what has been established as regular linguistic development. This implies that in investigating such cases we might need a modified research methodology and an extended terminology.

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Macaronic Texts

Archibald

2017

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain

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Macaronic Poetry

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Code-switching in early English literature

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