The Dawn of Slavic
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An Introduction to Slavic Philology
Alexander M. Schenker
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Drawing on contemporary manuscripts and other primary sources, Schenker presents a historical sketch of Slavic settlement in Europe, tracing the migrations, the political maneuvers, and the integration of the Slavs into the medieval European cultural commonwealth. He next outlines the development of Slavic from its Indo-European origins to the breakup of Slavic linguistic unity and the formation of individual Slavic dialects. In a chapter devoted to the beginnings of Slavic writing, he includes a thematic classification of the oldest Slavic texts, a section on Slavic paleography, and a discussion of the formation of Old Church Slavonic and its role as the first Slavic literary language. An overview of the development of Slavic philology, samples of early Slavic writing with facsimile illustrations, maps, and a chronological table contribute further valuable material to this volume.
"Schenker's years of experience in the classroom are apparent on every page. His scholarship is impeccable; his erudition, formidable. He tells the Slavic story as well as it has ever been told. The Dawn of Slavic is bound to become a classic."—Michael S. Flier, Harvard University
"The Dawn of Slavic, with its comprehensive coverage of early Slavic literary culture, its well-reproduced sample texts, and many other valuable features, is a welcome addition to the Slavic studies reference shelf."—Frank Y. Gladney, Studies in the Linguistic Sciences
"Schenker insists that the course of Slavic language change cannot be understood without a thorough knowledge of the culture and history of the people and times through which has it passed. He traces the people from their first settlement in Europe to their integration into the common European Medieval culture, the language from its Indo-European beginnings to the shattering of linguistic unity and the formation of separate Slavic dialects, and the writing from the earliest signs to the 12th-century chronicles."—Reference & Research Book News
"This is one of those books where one has two initial reactions: it's great that somebody has done it and why wasn't it done before?. . . . Schenker's book will be of use not only to medievalists, historians, and linguists but also to almost any Russianist or Slavist, since it provides in very accessible form a great deal of important information which is otherwise available only in scattered publications in many languages. . . . A magnificent achievement which belongs in every library and on the shelves of every serious student or teacher."—Charles E. Gribble, Russian Review
"As it stands, Alexander Schenker's The Dawn of Slavic is a major contribution to the study of Slavic philology and linguistics which will, no doubt, be heartily embraced by students and teachers alike."—Barbara M. Mozdzierz, Slavic and East European Journal
Publication Date: October 21, 2014
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