Významné dielo o dejinách slovenčiny v predspisovnom období
A significant work on the history of Slovak in its pre-standard period.

Summary/Abstract: BOOK REVIEWED: Doruľa, J.: Slováci medzi starými susedmi / Môžu byť aj Slováci starí? Bratislava: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, Slovenský komitét slavistov. 2015. 488 s. ●●● In the book professor Doruľa summarizes his abundant knowledge of the linguistic-historical and cultural development of Slovak in its pre-standard period, which is central to his scientific re-search activity. He supports his interpretations with a profound study into source documentation and peerless knowledge of literature on the history of the Slovak language, its literature, history, ethnology, as well as cultural history of Slovakia. To use a figure of speech, he uses the ad fontes method, which means he gains information on the studied area directly from the original source (the source materials), which is the greatest feature of his texts. His conclusions, based on a de-tailed analysis of earlier opinions of Slovak activists from the pre-standard period, are supported with exhaustive quotes from scientific files and belles-lettres throughout a broad timeline. Equally abundant are the annotations where he, oftentimes, points out parallels between older views from the rich history of Slovakia and Slovaks, and several pseudo-scientific opinions on some topics, which tend to appear in present-day media. Linguistic-historical and cultural development, the Slovak language, pre-standard period, profound study, the original source.

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