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The Evolution of the Slavic Dual

Author : Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 49,37 MB

Release : 2019-10-04

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1498579256

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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

Author : Roland Sussex

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 5 pages

File Size : 24,5 MB

Release : 2006-09-21

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1139457284

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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.





Old Church Slavonic Grammar

Author : Horace G. Lunt

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 24,5 MB

Release : 2010-12-14

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 3110876884

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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax

Author : Guglielmo Cinque

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 990 pages

File Size : 34,36 MB

Release : 2008-10-16

Category : Education

ISBN : 0195136519

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Book Description

Its twenty-one commissioned chapters serve two functions: they provide a general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains of linguistic inquiry; and they also provide a systematic selection of the best comparative work being done today on those language groups and families where substantial progress has been achieved." "This volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students in formal linguistics."--Jacket.







The Dawn of Slavic

Author : Alexander M. Schenker

Publisher :

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 31,8 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 9780300058468

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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.



Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics

Author : Jared Klein

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 1026 pages

File Size : 25,27 MB

Release : 2018-06-11

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 3110542439

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This book presents the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European Linguistics in a century, focusing on the entire Indo-European family and treating each major branch and most minor languages. The collaborative work of 120 scholars from 22 countries, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics combines the exhaustive coverage of an encyclopedia with the in-depth treatment of individual monographic studies.



A History of Russian Christianity, Vol. I

Author : Daniel H. Shubin

Publisher : Algora Publishing

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 49,84 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Religion

ISBN : 087586287X

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From Apostle Andrew to the conclusion of Soviet authority in 1990, Daniel Shubin presents the entire history of Christianity in Russia in a 3-volume series. The events, people and politics that forged the earliest traditions of Russian Christianity are presented objectively and intensively, describing the rise and dominance of the Russian Orthodox Church, the many dissenters and sectarian groups that evolved over the centuries (and their persecution), the presence of Catholicism and the influx of Protestantism and Judaism and other minority religions into Russia. The history covers the higher levels of ecclesiastical activity including the involvement of tsars and princes, as well as saints and serfs, and monks and mystics. This, the first volume, deals with the period from Apostle Andrew to the death of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, just prior to the election of the first Russian Patriarch, a period of almost 1600 years.