How Russian came to be the way it is: a student's guide to the history of the Russian language

Introduction: today's exceptions; yesterday's rules -- The scene: from prehistory to Peter I "The Great" -- The texts: writing and literature in Kievan Rus' and Muscovy -- The toolbox: linguistic tools for analyzing the history of Russian -- Morphology: nouns -- Morphology:...

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1. Verfasser: Nesset, Tore 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington, Indiana Slavica 2015
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: today's exceptions; yesterday's rules -- The scene: from prehistory to Peter I "The Great" -- The texts: writing and literature in Kievan Rus' and Muscovy -- The toolbox: linguistic tools for analyzing the history of Russian -- Morphology: nouns -- Morphology: pronouns -- Morphology: adjectives -- Morphology: numbers and numerals -- Morphology: verbs -- Syntax -- Phonology: pre-Slavic and common Slavic vowels and diphthongs -- Phonology: pre-Slavic and common Slavic consonants -- Phonology: from old Rusian to modern Russian -- Phonology: stress and vowel reduction -- A visit from Novgorod: the language of the birch bark -- Letters -- Epilogue: reflections on a triangle
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxv, 361 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780893574437