Guide to the west Slavonic languages
By: by R.G.A. de Bray.
Edition: 3rd ed., rev. and expanded.
Series: Guide to the Slavonic languages ;; pt. 2
Publisher: Slavica Publishers; Slavica Pub
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Columbus, Ohio
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780893570613
Subjects: Slavic languages, Western
Description: 483 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [25]-32.
Table of contents: title: Contents … 3; title: Publisher’s note … 7; title: Preface to the first edition … 9; title: Preface to the second edition … 10; title: Preface to the third edition … 10; title: List of abbreviations used … 13; title: ◦; title: INTRODUCTION; title: The purpose of this book … 15; title: The plan and arrangement of this book … 16; title: The method of using this book … 18; title: The distribution of the Slavonic languages … 20; title: Characteristics of the Slavonic languages … 22; title: The importance of Old Slavonic … 23; title: ◦; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: Czech … 25; title: Slovak … 27; title: Polish … 28; title: Lusatian … 30; title: The Slavonic Group … 32; title: ◦; title: SECTION 1. CZECH; title: ◦; title: Introduction … 33; title: Alphabet … 37; title: Pronunciation … 39; title: Dialects … 45; title: Vowel gradation and vowel lengthening … 50; title: Slavonic characteristics … 50; title: Features characteristic of Czech … 54; title: Features characteristic of Czech and Slovak … 56; title: Features characteristic of Czech, Slovak, and Polish … 57; title: Morphology … 60; title: Declensions of:; title: — nouns … 60; title: — numerals … 71; title: — pronouns … 75; title: — adjectives … 81; title: Adjectives (Comparison) … 84; title: Adverbs … 86; title: Conjunctions … 91; title: Prepositions … 93; title: Conjugation of Verbs … 95; title: — Voices and tenses; Present and Infinitive … 95; title: — Classification … 99; title: — Future tense and aspects … 100; title: — Past tense … 103; title: — Pluperfect … 105; title: — Conditional … 106; title: — Past Conditional … 106; title: — Imperative … 106; title: — Gerunds … 108; title: — Participles … 110; title: — Verbal nouns … 112; title: — Conjugation, examples … 112; title: — Irregular verbs … 116; title: — Verbs of going and conveying … 120; title: Word order with enclitics … 122; title: Texts … 124; title: ◦; title: SECTION 2. SLOVAK; title: ◦; title: Introduction … 131; title: Alphabet … 134; title: Pronunciation … 137; title: Dialects … 145; title: Vowel gradation and vowel lengthening … 149; title: Slavonic characteristics … 149; title: Features characteristic of Slovak … 153; title: (For Features of Czech and Slovak, and Features of Czech, Slovak, and Polish — refer to Chapter on CZECH.); title: Morphology … 155; title: Declensions of:; title: — nouns … 157; title: — numerals … 169; title: — pronouns … 175; title: — adjectives … 180; title: Adjectives (comparison) … 182; title: Adverbs … 186; title: Conjunctions … 190; title: Prepositions … 192; title: Conjugation of Verbs … 195; title: — Voice and tenses; Present and Infinitive … 197; title: — Classification … 200; title: — Future tense and aspects … 202; title: — Past tense … 205; title: — Pluperfect … 206; title: — Conditional … 207; title: — Past Conditional … 207; title: — Imperative … 208; title: — Gerunds … 209; title: — Participles … 210; title: — Verbal nouns … 212; title: — Conjugation, examples … 213; title: — Irregular verbs … 216; title: — Verbs of going and conveying … 219; title: Word order with enclitics … 221; title: Texts … 222; title: ◦; title: SECTION 3. POLISH; title: ◦; title: Introduction … 229; title: Alphabet … 234; title: Pronunciation … 236; title: Dialects … 244; title: Vowel gradation and vowel lengthening … 250; title: Slavonic characteristics … 251; title: Features characteristic of Polish … 255; title: (For Features of Czech, Slovak, and Polish — refer to chapter on CZECH.); title: Morphology … 263; title: Declensions of:; title: — nouns … 265; title: — numerals … 282; title: — pronouns … 287; title: — adjectives … 291; title: Adjectives (comparison) … 296; title: Adverbs … 298; title: Conjunctions … 302; title: Prepositions … 303; title: Conjugation of Verbs … 304; title: — Voices and tenses; Present and Infinitive … 304; title: — Classification … 306; title: — Future tense and aspects … 308; title: — Past tense … 311; title: — Pluperfect … 312; title: — Conditional … 312; title: — Past Conditional … 313; title: — Imperative … 313; title: — Gerunds … 314; title: — Participles … 315; title: — Verbal nouns … 317; title: — Conjugations, examples … 318; title: — Irregular verbs … 319; title: — Verbs of going and conveying … 324; title: Word order with enclitics … 326; title: Texts … 328; title: ◦; title: SECTION 4. LUSATIAN (or WENDISH); title: ◦; title: Introduction … 333; title: Lusatian literature … 338; title: ◦; title: UPPER LUSATIAN; title: Alphabet … 350; title: Pronunciation … 352; title: Vowel gradation and vowel lengthening … 358; title: Slavonic characteristics … 359; title: Features characteristic of Upper Lusatian … 363; title: Lusatian dialects (including the phonetic features of Lower Lusatian.) … 370; title: Morphology … 375; title: Declension of:; title: — nouns … 375; title: — numerals … 394; title: — pronouns … 398; title: — adjectives … 405; title: Adjectives (comparison) … 411; title: Adverbs … 414; title: Conjunctions … 419; title: Prepositions … 420; title: Conjugation of Verbs … 423; title: — Voices and tenses; Present and Infinitive … 424; title: — Classification … 428; title: — Future tense and aspects … 429; title: — Compound Past (Perfect) … 432; title: — Aorist … 434; title: — Imperfect … 435; title: — Pluperfect … 436; title: — Conditional … 437; title: — Past Conditional … 437; title: — Imperative … 438; title: — Gerunds … 439; title: — Participles … 440; title: — Verbal nouns … 442; title: — Conjugation, examples … 442; title: — Irregular verbs … 446; title: — Verbs of going and conveying … 457; title: Word order with enclitics … 460; title: ◦; title: LOWER LUSATIAN; title: Main differences in morphology compared with Upper Lusatian … 462; title: Word order with enclitics … 470; title: ◦; title: TEXTS:; title: — Upper Lusatian … 470; title: — Lower Lusatian … 479