Dispute on the Ancient Novgorod Dialect in the Context of Varangian-Rus' Discussion Cover Image

Спор о древненовгородском диалекте в контексте варяго-русской дискуссии
Dispute on the Ancient Novgorod Dialect in the Context of Varangian-Rus' Discussion

Author(s): Aleksey A. Romanchuk
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Theoretical Linguistics, Middle Ages, Historical Linguistics, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: dialect of ancient Novgorod; linguistics; archaeology; anthropology; Varangians; Rousi

Summary/Abstract: The dispute on the «West-Slavic» origin of the Ancient Novgorod dialect is one of the key questions in the context of Varangian-Rousi discussion. Majority of researchers do not agree with this hypothesis. However, the new synthesis of archaeological, linguistic and anthropological data proves that the dialect of ancient Novgorod appeared as a result of migrations from western part of Slavia in the late pre-Slavic time (and even earlier, in the processes of Slavia formation). The key role was played here by the previous appearance of an “arch of relationships”: Middle and Upper Danube — the Amber Way — the South Baltic System of Priority Cultural Relations — forest zone of Eastern Europe.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 345-355
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian