The etymological, philological, and grammatical side of the Slavic homeland, expansion, and contacts have been well described (e.g., Vermeer 2014; 2019; Timberlake 2013; Andersen 2003; Barford 2001; Gołąb 1991; Lindstedt and Salmela 2019; Nichols forthcoming gives an overview). The mechanism and sociolinguistics (both micro- and macro-) of the Slavic spreads and migrations have received less study and have not been sum…
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Nichols, Johanna, “Slavic Homeland and Migrations”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief: Marc L. Greenberg, General Editor: Lenore A. Grenoble. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_035804>
First published online: 2020
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