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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Body Parts

(4,978 words)

Author(s): Ligorio, Orsat
Terms for the various parts of the body are known to be a crosslinguistically stable unit of the lexicon; a quarter of the Swadesh 100-word list (comprising words that are typically not susceptible to changes such as borrowing or replacement) is allocated to the most important features of external, facial, and internal anatomy (such as skin, flesh, blood, bone, horn, egg, tail, feather, hair, head, ear, eye, nose, mouth, tooth, tongue, claw, foot, knee, hand, belly, neck, breasts, heart, …
Source: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
Date: 2024-01-23

Borrowing

(7,005 words)

Author(s): Menzel, Thomas
The paper presents concrete examples for matter borrowing and pattern borrowing with Slavic recipient and donor languages. The main interest is on lexical borrowing, but several instances of grammatical borrowing are discussed as well, thus giving evidence for the effects of borrowing hierarchies. The asymmetry of language contact situations is illustrated by asymmetries of borrowing processes. The focus is on borrowings from German into West Slavic languages, with other contact situation…
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Date: 2024-01-23

Bosnian

(5,414 words)

Author(s): Neweklowsky, Gerhard
The article describes the Bosnian language, its territory, the history of denominations, and the etymology of its name. Basic facts about the size of the Bosnian population and their language in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries are presented. The history of Bosnian starts as a common history of the language of the Slavs who settled the current territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Ottoman conquest, a considerable part of the population converted to Islam and was thus in…
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Date: 2024-01-23

Bulgarian

(5,762 words)

Author(s): Makartsev, Maxim
The article describes the Bulgarian language, its history, phonology, orthography, grammar, lexicon, stylistics, and current sociolinguistic status.The name of the language, Bulgarian ( bălgаrski еzik ['bălgarski e'zik]), dates back to the ethnonym of the Bulgars, a Turkic tribe that spoke the Bulgar language (Oghuric branch) and created the First Bulgarian Empire (681 CE).Bulgarian is the official language of the Republic of Bulgaria and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. It also has an official status as a “regional or …
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Date: 2024-01-23

Bulgarians of the Banat, Language of the (forthcoming)

(9 words)

Author(s): Motoki Nomachi
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Date: 2024-01-23

Bunjevci, Language of the

(3,081 words)

Author(s): Vuković, Petar
The Bunjevci are a South Slavic (sub)ethnic group, settled mostly in Croatia, but partially also in Serbia and Hungary. Most of the Bunjevci identify themselves as ethnic Croats and consider their dialect a variety of Croatian. However, some Bunjevci in Serbia consider themselves a distinct ethnic group with their own language.The Bunjevci are a South Slavic (sub)ethnic group, traditionally of Roman Catholic religion, who speak the Neo-Štokavian Ikavian dialect from the Central South Slavic dialect continuum. They are settled mostly around V…
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Date: 2024-01-23

Burgenland Croatian

(5 words)

See Gradišćanskohrvatski jezik (Burgenland Croatian).
Source: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
Date: 2024-01-23