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=====Written media===== | =====Written media===== | ||
Luthic is mostly found as written media, However newspapers usually use Italian and reserve Luthic for sarcastic commentaries and caricatures. [[w:Headline|Headlines]] in Luthic are common. The [[w:Letter to the editor|letter to the editor]] section often includes entire paragraphs in Luthic. Many newspapers also regularly publish personal columns in Luthic. Most comedies are written in Luthic. [[w:Comic book|Comic books]] are often written in Luthic instead of Italian. In novels and short stories, most of the Luth authors, write the dialogues in their Luthic dialects. | [[File:Luthic_comic.jpg|thumb|A panel from the Luthic edition of [[w:Batman: Three Jokers|''Batman: Three Jokers'']]]] | ||
Luthic is mostly found as written media, However newspapers usually use Italian and reserve Luthic for sarcastic commentaries and caricatures. [[w:Headline|Headlines]] in Luthic are common. The [[w:Letter to the editor|letter to the editor]] section often includes entire paragraphs in Luthic. Many newspapers also regularly publish personal columns in Luthic. Most comedies are written in Luthic. [[w:Comic book|Comic books]] are often written in Luthic instead of Italian. Luthic also has many translated editions of [[w:American comic book|American comic books]], specifically the ones published by [[w:DC Comics|DC Comics]]. In novels and short stories, most of the Luth authors, write the dialogues in their Luthic dialects. | |||
Within Luthic poetry, the [[w:Iamb (poetry)|iambic verse]] is a very popular choice together with [[w:Trochee|trochaic verses]], a very famous Luthic poem, known as '''Manu ad Amare''' “ready to love”, by Lucia Giamane, is composed of two iambic [[w:Quatrain|quatrains]], with a rhyme scheme of ABAB: | |||
{{Col-begin|80%}} | |||
{{col-n|3}} | |||
<poem style="font-style: italic"> | |||
:::: '''Manu ad Amare''' | |||
:: Il caldu nattu non ist scaunu... | |||
:: i meini occhi sonno blendi. | |||
:: E sei, il ciaelo stâþ lontanu, | |||
:: ac saeco bene, i astri fedi. | |||
:: Il varmu dagu tan vicinu | |||
:: m’aprosto faur þuc, þeini piedi. | |||
:: La meina Teiva, casta e manu, | |||
:: saria ic manu faur amardi? | |||
</poem> | |||
{{col-n|3}} | |||
<poem> | |||
:::: '''English translation''' | |||
:: The cold night is not beautiful... | |||
:: my eyes are blind. | |||
:: And yes, the sky is far away, | |||
:: but I see well, the stars of faith. | |||
:: The warm day so near | |||
:: I stand forth you, (and) your feet. | |||
:: My Goddess, pure and ready | |||
:: (but) would I be ready to love you? | |||
</poem> | |||
{{col-n|3}} | |||
<poem> | |||
:::: '''Poetic translation''' | |||
:: Not wonderful is the cold night | |||
:: with mine eyes blinded. | |||
:: The sky far away is not a delight, | |||
:: but I see, the stars of faith, elevated. | |||
:: So near is the warm light | |||
:: For thee and thy feet I standed | |||
:: My chaste Goddess, ready and bright | |||
:: Would I be ready to love thee prided? | |||
</poem> | |||
{{Col-end}} | |||
The metric scheme: | |||
{{Col-begin|80%}} | |||
{{col-n|2}} | |||
<poem style="font-style: italic"> | |||
:: il CAL-du NAT-tu NON ist SCAU-nu | |||
:: 1 2-3 4-5 6 7 8-nu | |||
:: i MEI-ni OC-chi SON-no BLEN-di | |||
:: 1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-di | |||
:: e SEI il CIAE-lo STÂÞ lon-TA-nu | |||
:: 1 2 3 4-5 6 7-8-nu | |||
:: ac SAE-co BE-ne*i AS-tri FE-di | |||
:: 1 2-3 4-5 5 6-7 8-di | |||
</poem> | |||
{{col-n|2}} | |||
<poem style="font-style: italic"> | |||
il VAR-mu DA-gu TAN vi-CI-nu | |||
1 2-3 4-5 6 7-8-nu | |||
m’a-PROS-to FAUR þuc ÞEI-ni PIE-di | |||
1-2-3 4 5 6-7 8-di | |||
la MEI-na TEI-va CAS-ta*e MA-nu | |||
1 2-3 4-5 6-7 7 8-nu | |||
sa-RIA ic MA-nu FAUR a-MAR-di | |||
1-2 3 4-5 6 7-8-di | |||
</poem> | |||
{{Col-end}} | |||
::: * [[w:Synalepha|synaloepha]] | |||
Poetry in Luthic is often governed by [[w:Decasyllable|decasyllabic verses]], but the usage of [[w:Octosyllable|octosyllabic verses]] has become commoner in modern and contemporaneous Luthic poetry. Modern Luthic poets often rely on [[w:Synalepha|synaloephae]] for better metrics. | |||
===Luthic regarded as an Italian dialect=== | ===Luthic regarded as an Italian dialect=== | ||
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* ''(Ic) gever·vi·ô lo claufo'' “I will give you the bread” | * ''(Ic) gever·vi·ô lo claufo'' “I will give you the bread” | ||
* ''(Vi) gever·l’êmos lo claufo'' “We will give him the bread” | * ''(Vi) gever·l’êmos lo claufo'' “We will give him the bread” | ||
Optionally, ''ti'' or ''·t'' can be voiced to ''di'' or ''·d'' after a voiced sonorant: | |||
* ''(Ic) gever·d’ô lo claufo'' “I will give you the bread” | |||
Verbs that start with a vowel or ⟨h⟩ call for a [[w:Clitic#Proclitic|proclitic]], except for first and second person plural: | Verbs that start with a vowel or ⟨h⟩ call for a [[w:Clitic#Proclitic|proclitic]], except for first and second person plural: | ||
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* Snædal, Magnús (2011). ''"Gothic <ggw>". Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis''. 128: 145–154. | * Snædal, Magnús (2011). ''"Gothic <ggw>". Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis''. 128: 145–154. | ||
* G. H. Balg (1889): ''A comparative glossary of the Gothic language with especial reference to English and German''. New York: Westermann & Company. | * G. H. Balg (1889): ''A comparative glossary of the Gothic language with especial reference to English and German''. New York: Westermann & Company. | ||
* Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) A GOTHIC ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, Based on the third edition of Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Gotischen Sprache by Sigmund Feist, with Bibliography Prepared Under the Direction of H.-J.J. Hewitt, BRILL | |||
* Ebbinghaus, E. A. (1976). ''THE FIRST ENTRY OF THE GOTHIC CALENDAR. The Journal of Theological Studies, 27(1), 140–145''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | * Ebbinghaus, E. A. (1976). ''THE FIRST ENTRY OF THE GOTHIC CALENDAR. The Journal of Theological Studies, 27(1), 140–145''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | ||
* Voyles, Joseph B. (1992). ''Early Germanic Grammar''. San Diego: Academic Press. | * Voyles, Joseph B. (1992). ''Early Germanic Grammar''. San Diego: Academic Press. | ||