The Slavonic languages /edited by Bernard Comrie and Greville G. Corbett.
- London ; New York : Routledge, (c)1993.
- xiii, 1078 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
East Slavonic Languages South Slavonic Languages West Slavonic Languages
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Introduction/ 2. Alphabets and transliteration/ Bernard Comie -- Paul Cubberley - 3. Proto-Slavonic/ Schenker, Alexander M. 15. Russian/ 16. Belorussian/ 17. Ukrainian/ 18. Slavonic languages in emigration/ Timberlake, Alan -- Mayo, Peter -- Shevelov, George Y. -- Sussex, Roland. 4. Old church Slavonic/ 5. Bulgarian/ 7. Serbo-Croat/ 8. Slovene/ Huntley, David -- Scatton, Ernest A. - 6. Macedonian/ Friedman, Victor A. -- Browne, Wayles -- Priestly, T.M.S. 9. Czech/ 10. Slovak/ 11. Sorbian/ 12. Polish/ 13. Cassubian/ 14. Polabian/ Short, David -- Short, David -- Stone, Gerald -- Rothstein, Robert A. -- Stone, Gerald -- Polanski, Kazimierz
In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analyzed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages--Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages--especially 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 such as Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, and Slovak in the US. Each language chapter is written by an expert in the field, in a format designed for comparative study. Information on each language includes an introductory description of social context and development, 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.