Kvaderna kapitula lovranskoga, a source for the research of Croatian linguistic history

Abstract

Kvaderna kapitula lovranskoga is a collection of different types of documents written in Lovran between 15th and 18th century in Glagolic script and Croatian language and Latin script and Italian language (different lists of rights and obligations, contracts, calculatings, law, registers, wills). Kvaderna has been recognized as an important source for scientifi c research of the history of Lovran and Lovranština. The approaches used in the paper were linguistic and historical ones and were applied only on documents written in Glagolic script and Croatian language. The aim of the paper is to distinguish selected phonological, morphological and syntactic features. Based on the analysis, the paper confirms if the language of Kvaderna refl ects the features of Čakavian idiom that it belongs to and determines the linguistic base and upgrade.

Keywords

• kvaderna kapitula lovranskoga
• croatian language
• glagolic script
• čakavian literary language
• čakavian dialect of lovranština