The Slavic Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)

Including Bosnian, Russian, Polish and Slovak, the Slavic group of languages is the fourth largest Indo-European sub-group. Spoken by 297 million people, it is one of the major language families of the modern world. This book presents a survey of all aspects of the linguistic structure of the Slavic languages. Roland Sussex and Paul Cubberley cover Slavic dialects and sociolinguistic issues, and the socio-historical evolution of the Slavic languages, in addition to general linguistic topics. Contents ... ix Preface ... xvii Acknowledgements ... xix ◦ 0. INTRODUCTION ◦ — 0.1 Survey ... 1 — 0.2 The Slavic languages in the world ... 1 — 0.3 Languages, variants, and nomenclature ... 2 — 0.4 Languages, polities and speakers ... 8 — 0.5 Genetic classification and typology ... 9 — 0.6 The linguistics of Slavic: empirical and theoretical characteristics ... 10 — 0.7 Organization ... 13 — 0.8 Outline ... 17 ◦ 1. LINGUISTIC EVOLUTION, GENETIC AFFILIATION AND CLASSIFICATION ◦ — 1.1 The Slavs: prehistory ... 19 — 1.2 Slavic in Indo-European ... 21 — 1.3 Proto-Slavic ... 25 — 1.4 The sub-division of Slavic ... 42 — 1.5 South Slavic ... 43 — 1.6 East Slavic ... 46 — 1.7 West Slavic ... 54 — 1.8 Overview ... 58 ◦ 2. SOCIO-HISTORICAL EVOLUTION ◦ — 2.1 The socio-historical context ... 60 — 2.2 South Slavic ... 62 — 2.3 East Slavic ... 79 — 2.4 West Slavic ... 89 — 2.5 Overview ... 105 ◦ 3. PHONOLOGY ◦ — 3.1 Introduction ... 110 — 3.2 Historical evolution and modern equivalences ... 110 — 3.3 Modern vowel systems ... 153 — 3.4 Modern consonant systems ... 163 — 3.5 Suprasegmentals ... 177 ◦ 4. MORPHOPHONOLOGY ◦ — 4.1 Overview ... 192 — 4.2 Vowel alternations ... 193 — 4.3 Consonant alternations ... 201 — 4.4 Combined vowel and consonant alternations ... 206 — 4.5 Morphological typology of alternations ... 208 — 4.6 Underlying forms and derivational rules ... 214 — 4.7 Morphophonology and Slavic orthographies ... 215 ◦ 5. MORPHOLOGY: INFLEXION ◦ — 5.1 Overview ... 217 — 5.2 Morphological categories and structures ... 217 — 5.3 Morphological word-classes ... 220 — 5.4 Inflexional categories ... 222 — 5.5 Paradigms ... 248 ◦ 6. SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES AND MORPHOSYNTAX ◦ — 6.1 Syntactic units ... 309 — 6.2 Syntactic roles and relations ... 318 — 6.3 Aspect ... 342 ◦ 7. SENTENCE STRUCTURE ◦ — 7.1 Sentence structure: overview ... 347 — 7.2 More complex constructions ... 371 — 7.3 Specific construction types ... 389 — 7.4 Word order ... 404 — 7.5 Syntactic pragmatics: Functional Sentence Perspective ... 417 ◦ 8. WORD FORMATION ◦ — 8.1 Types of word formation ... 421 — 8.2 Word formation and nouns ... 431 — 8.3 Word formation and verbs ... 441 — 8.4 Word formation and adjectives ... 451 — 8.5 Word formation and adverbs ... 462 — 8.6 Word formation and other parts of speech ... 465 ◦ 9. LEXIS ◦ — 9.1 Patterns of lexis ... 472 — 9.2 Lexical composition and sources in the modern Slavic languages ... 473 — 9.3 Coexistent lexical strata ... 477 — 9.4 Root implementation and exploitation ... 480 — 9.5 Lexical innovation: indigenous lexical resources ... 483 — 9.6 Lexical innovation: external influence ... 490 — 9.7 Lexis after Communism ... 494 — 9.8 Slavic on the Internet ... 497 ◦ 10. DIALECTS ◦ — 10.1 Overview ... 499 — 10.2 Dialects of South Slavic ... 502 — 10.3 Dialects of East Slavic ... 513 — 10.4 Dialects of West Slavic ... 526 — 10.5 Dialects: summary ... 543 ◦ 11. SOCIOLINGUISTIC ISSUES ◦ — 11.1 The sociolinguistics of the Slavic languages ... 544 — 11.2 Language definition and autonomy ... 544 — 11.3 Standard written and spoken variants ... 551 — 11.4 Sociolectal variation ... 563 — 11.5 Bilingualism and diglossia ... 572 — 11.6 The Slavic languages abroad ... 577 ◦ Appendix A: Abbreviations ... 586 ◦ A.1 Language names ... 586 A.2 Linguistic terms ... 587 ◦ Appendix B: Orthography and transliteration ... 590 ◦ B.1 Diacritics and symbols ... 590 B.2 Orthographical systems ... 592 ◦ Appendix C: Slavic linguistics: resources ... 600 ◦ C.1 Overview ... 600 C.2 Journals ... 600 C.3 Conferences ... 601 C.4 Monographs ... 601 C.5 Electronic networks and resources ... 602 ◦ Bibliography ... 603 Index ... 621 The Slavic Group Of Languages - The Fourth Largest Indo-european Sub-group - Is One Of The Major Language Families Of The Modern World. With 297 Million Speakers, Slavic Comprises 13 Languages Split Into Three Groups: South Slavic, Which Includes Bosnian, Serbian And Croatian; East Slavic, Which Includes Russian And Ukrainian; And West Slavic, Which Includes Polish, Czech And Slovak. This 2006 Book, Written By Two Leading Scholars In Slavic Linguistics, Presents A Survey Of All Aspects Of The Linguistic Structure Of The Slavic Languages, Considering In Particular Those Languages That Enjoy Official Status. As Well As Covering The Central Issues Of Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Word-formation, Lexicology And Typology, The Authors Discuss Slavic Dialects, Sociolinguistic Issues, And The Socio-historical Evolution Of The Slavic Languages. Accessibly Written And Comprehensive In Its Coverage, This Book Will Be Welcomed By Scholars And Students Of Slavic Languages, As Well As Linguists Across The Many Branches Of The Discipline. Linguistic Evolution, Genetic Affiliation And Classification -- Socio-historical Evolution -- Phonology -- Morphophonology -- Morphology -- Syntactic Categories And Morphosyntax -- Sentence Structure -- Word Formation -- Lexis -- Dialects -- Sociolinguistic Issues. Roland Sussex, Paul Cubberley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 603-620) And Index.