Email this article On the question of dialects in the Old Frisian language
- Authors: Krasnoschekov E.V1, Shiryaeva A.S1
-
Affiliations:
- Southern Federal University
- Issue: Vol 5, No 10 (2025)
- Pages: 61-67
- Section: ARTICLES
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2782-5329/article/view/374426
- ID: 374426
Cite item
Abstract
the aim of this study is to analyze the dialects of the Old Frisian language in the Germanic language area. Old Frisian is the youngest representative of the group of Old Germanic languages. However, as a language, it appeared a very long time ago, as evidenced by the surviving runic inscriptions in the vernacular. Based on the data obtained, it was established that there were several dialects in the Old Frisian language, which practically coincided with the diocesan division of Frisia, as mentioned by Frankish sources of the 8th century, and which is contained in ancient manuscripts dating back to the period between 400 and 800 AD. Each of the dialects is characterized by its own features that manifest themselves in phonology, morphology, morphology, and also have differences in vocabulary, which is confirmed by toponyms and personal names preserved in the modern language. The spread of varieties of the Frisian language today reflects the result of a long historical process. The Old Frisian language is so interesting and complex in many aspects that it attracts scientists from all over the world. The material for the presented work was the data of Russian and foreign linguists-philologists. The proposed material may be of interest to students and postgraduates studying the languages and dialects of the Germanic group.
Keywords
About the authors
E. V Krasnoschekov
Southern Federal University
Email: judgin58@mail.ru
A. S Shiryaeva
Southern Federal University
References
- ?rhammar Nils. Frisian and Saxon. On the Problem of Their Mutual Demarcation in the Early and High Middle Ages // Aspects of Old Frisian Philology / eds. Oebele Vries, Geart van der Meer. 1990. P. 1 – 25.
- Bremmer, Rolf H. Taking Stock of Old Frisian Studies. Us Wurk. Tydskrift Foar Frisistyk. 2021. No. 70 (1-2). 97 p.
- Bremmer Jr., Rolf H. An Introduction to Old Frisian. History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2009. 250 p.
- Hoekstra E., ?rhammar N., Faltings V., Hoekstra J., Vries O., Walker A., Wilts O. ‘Frisian Relicts in the Dutch Dialects’, in Munske in H.H. Munske in collaboration with Handbook of Frisian Studies. Max Niemeyer Verlag, T?bingen, 2001. P. 138 – 143.
- Hofmann. Dietrich The Osterlauwers Documentary Tradition as a Source for Old Frisian. Collected Works II. 1970. P. 260 – 271.
- L?fstedt E. On the Sound History of the Wangerooge Dialect // Two Contributions to Frisian Linguistic History. Lund, 1932. P. 3 – 33.
- Meijering, Henk D. The Old Frisian Monosyllabic Infinitives Ending in -n and the Structure of Old Frisian. 1990. P. 329 – 348.
- Nieuwhof A. The Excavations at Wijnaldum. Hand-Thrown and Wheel-Made Pottery of the First Millennium AD. Groningen Archaeological Studies 36. Eelde: Barkhuis, 2020. Vol. 2. 265 p.
- Smith L.C. Old Frisian Vowel Balance and its Relationship to West Germanic Apocope and Syncope. 2007. P. 379 – 410.
- Spenter A. The Vocalism of Accented Syllables in the Schiermonnikoog Dialect. A Historical Study of the Autochthonous West Frisian Island Dialect. Copenhagen, 1968. 150 p.
- Versloot A. Principles of East Frisian Language History. Munske, 2001. 2021. P. 734 – 741.
- Versloot A.P. The Frisian words in the Lex Frisionum. 2015. No. 64. P. 1 – 10.
Supplementary files
