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Trilingualism of the Eadwine Psalter
- Authors: Mukhin S.V.1, Morozova E.B.1
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Affiliations:
- MGIMO University
- Issue: No 7(901) (2025)
- Pages: 84-91
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/303324
- ID: 303324
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Abstract
Drawing on the 12th century Eadwine Psalter, thе present research examines the typological shift of European languages within the context of medieval England’s trilingualism. In contrast to the literal approach and conservatism of the Old English interlinear gloss, the Anglo-Norman translation demonstrates a departure from the synthetic morphosyntactic structure of the source text to certify a typological shift to analytic alignment. By putting a number of linguistic phenomena to comparative analysis the study establishes that Old French demonstrated innovation in advancing the transition to an analytic typology. This observation is especially relevant, given Anglo-Norman’s high sociolinguistic status as the dominant language of Medieval England’s elite.
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Sergey Vladimirovich Mukhin
MGIMO University
Author for correspondence.
Email: s.muhin@inno.mgimo.ru
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor of the English Language Department # 1
Russian FederationElena Borisovna Morozova
MGIMO University
Email: morel@mail.ru
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor of the English Language Department # 1
Russian FederationReferences
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