Loanwords in the Synodal Church Slavonic Gospels and Psalms
Loanwords in the Synodal Church Slavonic Gospels and Psalms
Author(s): Lajos SzőkeSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language studies, Lexis, Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Church Slavonic; liturgical variant; loanwords; Latin; Greek; Hebrew; Cyrill and Methodius;
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the role of Greek, Latin and Hebrew loanwords in the history of Church Slavonic. Their number was fluctuating in the course of centuries which can be attributed to political rather than theological or linguistic considerations. The number and role of loanwords in the modern variant of Liturgical Church Slavonic is still considerable. In modern vernacular Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian) the majority of them are substituted with native words.
Journal: Studia Slavica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 52/2007
- Issue No: 1(2)
- Page Range: 395-402
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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