from Part 5 - Sociolinguistic and Geographical Approaches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
This chapter presents the processes that have resulted in dialectal fragmentation of Slavic languages. It starts with a discussion of early differences in Proto-Slavic, most notably those in reflexes of palatalizations. It then goes on to discuss the variation before the split of the common Slavic community into three branches. This is followed by the presentation of early East Slavic tribal dialects. Next, early lexical differences across and within Slavic languages are considered. The discussion continues by addressing inter-Slavic areal features and prosodic continua. Finally, external factors of fragmentation are discussed (economic, political), alongisde contacts with non-Slavic languages and sociolinguistic factors.
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