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28 - Dialectal Fragmentation

from Part 5 - Sociolinguistic and Geographical Approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

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Joseph Schallert
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Danko Šipka  and
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Danko Šipka
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Summary

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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dialectologydialectsisoglossespalatalizationBalkan SprachbundconsonantvowelstressProto-SlavicLate Common Slavic
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The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics , pp. 595 - 625
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Print publication year: 2024

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