Eastern Slovak-Rusyn Lexical Parallels as exemplified in The Atlas of The Slovak Language Cover Image

Východoslovensko-rusínské lexikální paralely na materiálu Atlasu slovenského jazyka
Eastern Slovak-Rusyn Lexical Parallels as exemplified in The Atlas of The Slovak Language

Author(s): Michal Vašíček
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Eastern Slovak dialects; Rusyn dialects; language contact; lexical parallels

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on language contacts between the Eastern Slovak and Rusyn dialects in the North-Eastern Slovakia, in particular, on the lexical borrowings and parallels in these dialects. The paper is primarily based on the Atlas of the Slovak Language; in addition, it relies on a range of other dialectological sources. The comparison with the atlases of local Rusyn and Ukrainian dialects enables retracing of the territorial spread of lexical parallels in these related Slavonic dialects. The observations are also made regarding an increase in the intensity of contacts between the dialects in direction from East to West.

  • Issue Year: 49/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 42-47
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Slovak