Slovo o polku Igoreve

Robert Orr roborr at aix1.uottawa.ca
Fri May 8 02:15:41 UTC 1998


> >My question remains: there appears to be no linguistic evidence that the
> >Slovo is a fabrication/forgery, and until such evidence comes to light,
> >one might well question the value of a comparison between the
> >(geunine until proven otherwise) twelfth century Slovo and the (invented)
> >eighteenth century Ossian.
>
> Is there any evidence to prove that linguistics is the only field of study
> capable of proving and disproving originality of works of art?
>
No, not the ONLY field, but certainly ONE essential contributory field
that cannot be ignored.

Robert Orr



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