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>