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In this 1971 text, Professor Vinokur (18961947) discusses each of the stages in the development of Russian from its Common Slavonic source, and the growing dominance of the dialect of Moscow from the sixteenth century, to the ninenteenth century when the language had virtually reached its present form and into the twentieth century.

Table of Contents
List of maps and illustrations; Symbols used; 1. The Slavonic languages; 2. Russian dialects; 3. The origin of the Russian literary language; 4. Texts in the history of Russia; 5. The structure of Old Russian; 6. The Russian literary language in the earliest period; 7. The literary language in the 15th–17th centuries; 8. Towards a single Russian language; 9. The literary language of the Age of Classicism; 10. The creation of the national standard language; 11. The literary language in the 19th and 20th centuries; Further reading; Index.

The Russian Language

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    A Paperback by G. O. Vinokur, Mary A. Forsyth, James Forsyth

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 2/18/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521131544, 978-0521131544
      ISBN10: 0521131545
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this 1971 text, Professor Vinokur (18961947) discusses each of the stages in the development of Russian from its Common Slavonic source, and the growing dominance of the dialect of Moscow from the sixteenth century, to the ninenteenth century when the language had virtually reached its present form and into the twentieth century.

      Table of Contents
      List of maps and illustrations; Symbols used; 1. The Slavonic languages; 2. Russian dialects; 3. The origin of the Russian literary language; 4. Texts in the history of Russia; 5. The structure of Old Russian; 6. The Russian literary language in the earliest period; 7. The literary language in the 15th–17th centuries; 8. Towards a single Russian language; 9. The literary language of the Age of Classicism; 10. The creation of the national standard language; 11. The literary language in the 19th and 20th centuries; Further reading; Index.

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