Russian
Subtitle: A Linguistic Introduction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780521796415
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Russian; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Russian language
First sentence: From the time of the Slav expansion into the Balkans (sixth century) until the mid-ninth century there were only rare instances of the Slavs setting up any sort of formal state: in the early seventh century (after the defeat of the Avars in 623) the western Slavs in the Bohemian and Moravian area set up one under Samo, which lasted thirty-five years, ending with Samo's death in 658 (Schenker 1995); in 680 was formed the Bulgarian Khanate of Asparuch, initially not Slav, but which later (early ninth century) became a Slav kingdom lasting until the early eleventh century (1014).