Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online

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Edited by: Marc L. Greenberg (editor-in-chief), University of Kansas; Lenore A. Grenoble (general editor), University of Chicago; associate editors: Stephen M. Dickey, University of Kansas, René Genis, University of Amsterdam, Marek Łaziński, University of Warsaw, Mikhail Oslon, Institute of the Polish Language - Cracow, Anita Peti-Stantić, University of Zagreb, Masako Ueda Fidler, Brown University, Mladen Uhlik, University of Ljubljana, Björn Wiemer, University of Mainz, Nadežda V. Zorixina-Nilsson, Stockholm University

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The Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics offers a comprehensive overview of the languages of the Slavic language family and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the Slavic language family from its Indo-European origins to the present day, as well as consideration of interaction of Slavic with other languages.

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Early Textual Monuments (forthcoming)

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Author(s): Turilov, Anatoly
Forthcoming Anatoly Turilov
Date: 2023-01-04

East Slavic Languages (forthcoming)

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Author(s): Popov, Mikhail B.
forthcomingMikhail B. Popov
Date: 2023-01-04

Echoic Deontics

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Author(s): Holvoet, Axel
Echoic deontics are expressions referring to obligations or acts of volition with which the speaker disagrees and achieving this reference through echoically reproducing the grammatical or lexical means by which such obligations or acts of volition are customarily expressed. In a further development, echoic deontics may acquire epistemic and evidential functions.  Languages develop regular means of expressing deontic modality, i.e., modal meanings in the sphere of obligations resulting from general norms of behavior or individual acts of voliti…
Date: 2023-01-04