The Evolution of the Slavic Dual
Title | The Evolution of the Slavic Dual PDF eBook |
Author | Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 173 |
Release | 2019-10-04 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1498579256 |
The dual number in Slavic has always puzzled linguists. While some Slavic languages, such as Slovenian, have three distinct categories of number--singular (1), dual (2), and plural (3 or more) –other Slavic languages, such as Russian, have no dual number. Considering that all Slavic languages have evolved from a common Proto Slavic language, it is puzzling that there is such a difference in the category of number. In The Evolution of the Slavic Dual: A Biolinguistic Perspective, with the aid of tools from biolinguistics, Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff develops a new theory of Morphosyntactic Feature Economy within the distributed morphology framework. Using newly digitized corpora of Old East Slavic, Old Slovenian, and Old Sorbian manuscripts spanning from the eleventh century through the present time, this book presents a thorough analysis of the evolution of dual number in Slavic languages.
The Slavic Languages
Title | The Slavic Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Roland Sussex |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 5 |
Release | 2006-09-21 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1139457284 |
The Slavic group of languages - the fourth largest Indo-European sub-group - is one of the major language families of the modern world. With 297 million speakers, Slavic comprises 13 languages split into three groups: South Slavic, which includes Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian; East Slavic, which includes Russian and Ukrainian; and West Slavic, which includes Polish, Czech and Slovak. This 2006 book, written by two leading scholars in Slavic linguistics, presents a survey of all aspects of the linguistic structure of the Slavic languages, considering in particular those languages that enjoy official status. As well as covering the central issues of phonology, morphology, syntax, word-formation, lexicology and typology, the authors discuss Slavic dialects, sociolinguistic issues, and the socio-historical evolution of the Slavic languages. Accessibly written and comprehensive in its coverage, this book will be welcomed by scholars and students of Slavic languages, as well as linguists across the many branches of the discipline.
The Dawn of Slavic
Title | The Dawn of Slavic PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander M. Schenker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780300058468 |
This unique book weaves linguistic, cultural, and historical themes together to form a concise and accessible account of the development of the Slavic languages. Alexander Schenker demonstrates that inquiry into early Slavic culture requires an understanding of history, language, and texts and that an understanding of early Slavic writing is incomplete outside the context of medieval culture.
Old Church Slavonic Grammar
Title | Old Church Slavonic Grammar PDF eBook |
Author | Horace G. Lunt |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2010-12-14 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110876884 |
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The Slavonic Languages
Title | The Slavonic Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Professor Greville Corbett |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1093 |
Release | 2003-09 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1136861378 |
This book provides a chapter-length description of each of the modern Slavonic languages and the attested extinct Slavonic languages. Individual chapters discuss the various alphabets that have been used to write Slavonic languages, in particular the Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets; the relationship of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages; their relationship to one another through their common ancestor, Proto-Slavonic; and the extent to what various Slavonic languages have survived in emigration. Each chapter on an individual language is written according to the same general scheme and incorporates the following elements: an introductory section describing the language's social context and, appropriate, the development of the standard language; a discussion of the phonology of the language, including a phonemic inventory and morphophonemic alterations from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives; a detailed presentation of the synchronic morphology of the language, with notes on the major historical developments; an extensive discussion of the syntactic properties of the language; a discussion of vocabulary, including the relation between inherited Slavonic and borrowed vocabulary, with lists of basic lexical items in selected semantic fields colour terms, names of parts of the body and kinship terms; an outline of the main dialects, with an accompanying map; and a bibliography with sources in English and other languages. The book is made particularly accessible by the inclusion of (1) a parallel transliteration of all examples cited from Slavonic languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet and (2) English translations of all Slavonic language examples.
Bibliography of Social Science Periodicals and Monograph Series: Czechoslovakia
Title | Bibliography of Social Science Periodicals and Monograph Series: Czechoslovakia PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Social sciences |
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Bibliography of Social Science Periodicals and Monograph Series
Title | Bibliography of Social Science Periodicals and Monograph Series PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Germany (East) |
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