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In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic - are discussed, and the relationships of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages and to one another, are explored. The last chapter provides an account of those Slavonic languages in exile , for example, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Slovak in the USA.Each language-chapter is written by an expert in the field, in a format designed for comparative study. Information on each language an introductory description of social context and development (where appropriate); a discussion of phonology; a detailed presentation of synchronic morphology, noting major historical developments; comprehensive treatment of syntactic properties; a discussion of vocabulary; an outline of main dialects; and an extensive bibliography, listing English and other sources.
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Routledge Language Family Descriptions: The Slavonic Languages, Bernard Comrie, Greville G. Corbett
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Routledge Language Family Descriptions: The Slavonic Languages
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernard Comrie, Greville G. Corbett
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 1096
- ISBN10
- 0415280788
- ISBN13
- 9780415280785
- Series
- Tags
- References & Manuals, Encyclopedia, Language Textbooks, Professional Literature, Russia, Linguistics, Journalism, Humanities, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Composition, Word Order, Phonetics, Phonology, Slavic Languages, Church Slavonic
- Description
- In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic - are discussed, and the relationships of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages and to one another, are explored. The last chapter provides an account of those Slavonic languages in exile , for example, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Slovak in the USA.Each language-chapter is written by an expert in the field, in a format designed for comparative study. Information on each language an introductory description of social context and development (where appropriate); a discussion of phonology; a detailed presentation of synchronic morphology, noting major historical developments; comprehensive treatment of syntactic properties; a discussion of vocabulary; an outline of main dialects; and an extensive bibliography, listing English and other sources.