The article focuses on the linguistic structure of two handwritten texts from the year 1840, which originate from the eastern Slovenian region (Središče ob Dravi). The oaths were first published and presented on eZISS portal by Boris Golec (2011a) who stated in an accompanying review of orthographic and linguistic features that "the texts are waiting for a precise linguistic analysis". This response to that statement focuses on various linguistic levels and examines typical elements of the eastern Styrian or wider Pannonian space, as well as similarities and differences in comparison to other texts of oaths.
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