An edition of The origins of Slavonic
(2007)
The origins of Slavonic
Language contact and language change
by Brackney, Noel C.
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viii, 179 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.; bibliography, p. 162
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The origins of Slavonic: Language contact and language change
2007, LINCOM Europa
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Table of Contents
Foreword … iii
Abbreviations … iv
Illustrations … vi
Acknowledgements … viii
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1. INTRODUCTION … 1
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2. THEORETICAL PARAMETERS … 6
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2.1 Introductory Remarks … 6
2.2 From Early Philological to Neogrammarian Theories of Language Change … 8
2.3 The Neogrammarian Approach to Language Change … 11
2.4 Structural and Generative Linguistics … 12
2.5 The Object of Study … 18
2.6 Definition of Terms … 20
2.7 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language Change … 23
2.8 Language Change … 25
2.9 The Ontogeny of Linguistic Change … 28
2.10 The Function of Linguistic Change … 30
2.11 The Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Linguistic Change … 30
2.12 Phonological Mechanisms … 30
2.13 Morphological Mechanisms … 31
2.14 Syntactic Mechanisms … 33
2.15 Towards a Phylogeny of Change … 34
2.16 Macromechanical and Micromechanical Linguistic Change … 35
2.17 Lack of Concrete Divisions with the Hierarchy and Mechanisms of Change … 36
2.18 The Actuation of Change … 37
2.19 ‘Critical Mass’ and the Punctuated Equilibrium Model … 41
2.20 Linguistic Contact … 47
2.21 The Role of Context in Linguistic Change … 49
2.22 Summary … 49
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3. HISTORY … 51
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3.1 Introduction … 51
3.2 Environmental Factors … 56
3.3 The Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age … 59
3.4 The Middle Bronze Age, the Late Bronze Age, and the Classical Period … 62
3.5 The Cimmerians … 67
3.6 The Scythians … 68
3.7 The Greek Colonies … 70
3.8 The Sarmatians … 71
3.9 The Early Slavs: Some Preliminary Remarks … 71
3.10 The Early Slavs: Review of Primary Sources … 72
3.11 The Early Slavs: Archaeological Evidence … 75
3.12 Review of Traditional Assessments of IE Expansion and Consolidation … 81
3.13 The Demic Diffusion Model … 85
3.14 The Pre-Proto-Indo-Europeans, Proto-Indo-Europeans, and Slavs … 91
3.15 Summary … 98
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4. LANGUAGE … 100
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4.1 Introductory Remarks … 100
4.2 10, 000 Years BP: Pre-Proto-Indo-European … 102
4.3 The Grammatical Structures of Pre-Proto-Indo- European … 109
4.4 6th Millennium BCE-5th Millennium BCE: From Pre- Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Indo-European … 115
4.5 The Significance of the PPIE-PIE Typological Shift … 117
4.6 Transitional (Early Proto-Indo-European) Phonetics and Phonology … 117
4.7 Transitional Morphology … 121
4.8 Transitional Lexicon … 122
4.9 5th Millennium BCE-3rd Millennium BCE: Proto-Indo- European … 123
4.10 Proto-Indo-European Morphology … 126
4.11 3000-2000 BCE: Balto-Slavonic … 129
4.12 Balto-Slavonic Phonetics and Phonology … 131
4.13 Balto-Slavonic Morphology and Syntax … 132
4.14 2000 BCE-1000 CE: Proto-Slavonic and Common Slavonic … 134
4.15 Proto-Slavonic Phonology … 136
4.16 Syllabic Synharmonism and Rising Sonority … 138
4.17 Common Slavonic Phonology … 144
4.18 LCS Dialect Areas … 147
4.19 Elimination of Diphthongs in Liquid Sonorants … 147
4.20 Development of Palatalized Dental Stops … 149
4.21 The Evolution of the Jers … 150
4.22 Proto- and Common Slavonic Morphology and Syntax … 150
4.23 Lexical Borrowings into Proto- and Common Slavonic … 153
4.24 Summary … 156
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5. CONCLUSION … 158
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Bibliography … 162
Index … 176
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