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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Glagolitic

(6,598 words)

Author(s): Mihaljević, Milan
The Glagolitic script is the oldest Slavic script, created by Constantine-Cyril (see also Old Church Slavic, Canonical) in the 9th century CE. The article first examines the problem of the creation of the Glagolitic, described in literature as “the eternal controversy” or “questio diabolica” of Slavic studies. The issue of primacy of the Glagolitic and the Cyrillic scripts and the time of the former’s invention are resolved, and the most important theories on how Constantine-Cyril creat…
Source: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
Date: 2024-01-23

Glagolitic in Bohemia-Poland

(2,873 words)

Author(s): Genis, René
This article explores the use of Glagolitic script in the writing tradition of Medieval Bohemia. The centers of Church Slavic learning did not last very long but left a number of texts that are important sources for data on early West Slavic, especially Old Czech. There have been satellite settlements in southern Poland where the script must have been used as well.There are three periods in the practice of the use of Glagolitic script in Bohemia (cf. among others Mareš 1971: 138; Pacnerová 2000). Several linguistically as well as historically and cultural…
Source: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
Date: 2024-01-23