The Slavic Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 23, 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780521223157
Subjects: Language family studies; Language Arts & Disciplines; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Slavic (Slavonic) languages; Language; Eastern Europe; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russia; Linguistics; Slavic Languages (Other); Foreign Language Study / General; Slavic languages
Description: xix, 638 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Table of contents: title: Contents … ix; title: Preface … xvii; title: Acknowledgements … xix; title: ◦; title: 0. INTRODUCTION; title: ◦; title: — 0.1  Survey … 1; title: — 0.2  The Slavic languages in the world … 1; title: — 0.3  Languages, variants, and nomenclature … 2; title: — 0.4  Languages, polities and speakers … 8; title: — 0.5  Genetic classification and typology … 9; title: — 0.6  The linguistics of Slavic:  empirical and theoretical characteristics … 10; title: — 0.7  Organization … 13; title: — 0.8  Outline … 17; title: ◦; title: 1. LINGUISTIC EVOLUTION, GENETIC AFFILIATION AND CLASSIFICATION; title: ◦; title: — 1.1  The Slavs:  prehistory … 19; title: — 1.2  Slavic in Indo-European … 21; title: — 1.3  Proto-Slavic … 25; title: — 1.4  The sub-division of Slavic … 42; title: — 1.5  South Slavic … 43; title: — 1.6  East Slavic … 46; title: — 1.7  West Slavic … 54; title: — 1.8  Overview … 58; title: ◦; title: 2. SOCIO-HISTORICAL EVOLUTION; title: ◦; title: — 2.1  The socio-historical context … 60; title: — 2.2  South Slavic … 62; title: — 2.3  East Slavic … 79; title: — 2.4  West Slavic … 89; title: — 2.5  Overview … 105; title: ◦; title: 3. PHONOLOGY; title: ◦; title: — 3.1	Introduction … 110; title: — 3.2  Historical evolution and modern equivalences … 110; title: — 3.3  Modern vowel systems … 153; title: — 3.4  Modern consonant systems … 163; title: — 3.5  Suprasegmentals … 177; title: ◦; title: 4. MORPHOPHONOLOGY; title: ◦; title: — 4.1  Overview … 192; title: — 4.2  Vowel alternations … 193; title: — 4.3  Consonant alternations … 201; title: — 4.4  Combined vowel and consonant alternations … 206; title: — 4.5  Morphological typology of alternations … 208; title: — 4.6  Underlying forms and derivational rules … 214; title: — 4.7  Morphophonology and Slavic orthographies … 215; title: ◦; title: 5. MORPHOLOGY:  INFLEXION; title: ◦; title: — 5.1  Overview … 217; title: — 5.2  Morphological categories and structures … 217; title: — 5.3  Morphological word-classes … 220; title: — 5.4  Inflexional categories … 222; title: — 5.5	Paradigms … 248; title: ◦; title: 6. SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES AND MORPHOSYNTAX; title: ◦; title: — 6.1  Syntactic units … 309; title: — 6.2  Syntactic roles and relations … 318; title: — 6.3  Aspect … 342; title: ◦; title: 7. SENTENCE STRUCTURE; title: ◦; title: — 7.1  Sentence structure:  overview … 347; title: — 7.2  More complex constructions … 371; title: — 7.3  Specific construction types … 389; title: — 7.4  Word order … 404; title: — 7.5  Syntactic pragmatics:  Functional Sentence Perspective … 417; title: ◦; title: 8. WORD FORMATION; title: ◦; title: — 8.1  Types of word formation … 421; title: — 8.2  Word formation and nouns … 431; title: — 8.3  Word formation and verbs … 441; title: — 8.4  Word formation and adjectives … 451; title: — 8.5  Word formation and adverbs … 462; title: — 8.6  Word formation and other parts of speech … 465; title: ◦; title: 9. LEXIS; title: ◦; title: — 9.1  Patterns of lexis … 472; title: — 9.2  Lexical composition and sources in the modern Slavic languages … 473; title: — 9.3  Coexistent lexical strata … 477; title: — 9.4  Root implementation and exploitation … 480; title: — 9.5  Lexical innovation:  indigenous lexical resources … 483; title: — 9.6  Lexical innovation:  external influence … 490; title: — 9.7  Lexis after Communism … 494; title: — 9.8  Slavic on the Internet … 497; title: ◦; title: 10. DIALECTS; title: ◦; title: — 10.1  Overview … 499; title: — 10.2  Dialects of South Slavic … 502; title: — 10.3  Dialects of East Slavic … 513; title: — 10.4  Dialects of West Slavic … 526; title: — 10.5  Dialects:  summary … 543; title: ◦; title: 11. SOCIOLINGUISTIC ISSUES; title: ◦; title: — 11.1  The sociolinguistics of the Slavic languages … 544; title: — 11.2  Language definition and autonomy … 544; title: — 11.3  Standard written and spoken variants … 551; title: — 11.4  Sociolectal variation … 563; title: — 11.5  Bilingualism and diglossia … 572; title: — 11.6  The Slavic languages abroad … 577; title: ◦; title: Appendix A:  Abbreviations … 586; title: ◦; title: A.1  Language names … 586; title: A.2  Linguistic terms … 587; title: ◦; title: Appendix B:  Orthography and transliteration … 590; title: ◦; title: B.1  Diacritics and symbols … 590; title: B.2  Orthographical systems … 592; title: ◦; title: Appendix C:  Slavic linguistics:  resources … 600; title: ◦; title: C.1  Overview … 600; title: C.2  Journals … 600; title: C.3  Conferences … 601; title: C.4  Monographs … 601; title: C.5  Electronic networks and resources … 602; title: ◦; title: Bibliography … 603; title: Index … 621