Slavonic Languages

<p>In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly 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 <em>in exile</em>, for example, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Slovak in the USA.<br>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 (where appropriate); 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.</p> <p><em>P.Cubberley,</em> University of Melbourne, <em>A.Schenker,</em> Yale University, <em>K. Polanski</em>, Katowice, <em>D.Huntley,</em> University of Toronto, <em>E.Scatton</em>, SUNY, <em>V.A.Friedman,</em> University of North Carolina, <em>D.Short,</em> University of London, <em>G.Stone</em>, University of Oxford, <em>R.A.Rothstein,</em> University of Massachusetts, and <em>R.Sussex,</em> University of Queensland</p>