Languages of Boundaries and Boundaries of Language in Cornish Charters

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Pages:: 342–377

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004432338_010

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This essay addresses the question of language choice in Anglo-Saxon charters in terms of two insular vernaculars, Old English and Old Cornish, rather than the more frequently studied choice between Old English and Latin. Through an examination of the diplomatic and boundary clauses of the surviving corpus of pre-Conquest charters from Cornwall, this chapter establishes that underlying what appear to be relatively ‘normal’ Anglo-Saxon royal diplomas was a complex bi- and even trilingual environment in Cornwall and South-West Britain, where language choice in documents was not a simple matter.

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The Languages of Early Medieval Charters

Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word

Series: Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages, Volume: 27

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789004432338

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Print Publication Date:: 16 Nov 2020

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- Languages and Linguistics
  - Historical and Comparative Linguistics & Linguistic Typology
  - Multilingualism & Language Contact

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