The Orthography of the Reflex of the Proto-Slavonic *ъ̯ r̥, *ь̯ r̥, *ъ̯ l̥, *ь̯ l̥ Groups in the First Edition of the Old Russian Poem “Тhe Tale of Igor’s Campaign” Cover Image

Писање рефлекса прасловенских група *ъ̯ r̥, *ь̯ r̥, *ъ̯ l̥, *ь̯ l̥ у првом издању староруске поеме „Слово о Полку Игореве“
The Orthography of the Reflex of the Proto-Slavonic *ъ̯ r̥, *ь̯ r̥, *ъ̯ l̥, *ь̯ l̥ Groups in the First Edition of the Old Russian Poem “Тhe Tale of Igor’s Campaign”

Author(s): Vasilije S. Stoiljković
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Historical Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: “Тhe Tale of Igor’s Campaign” first edition; Old Russian reflex of Proto-Slavic compounds *ъ̯ r̥; *ь̯ r̥; *ъ̯ l̥; *ь̯ l̥; orthographic principle;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the use of reflex of Proto-Slavic compounds *ъ̯ r̥, *ь̯ r̥, *ъ̯ l̥, *ь̯ l̥ in the first edition of the old Russian poem The Tale of Igor’s Campaign. Graphically, the reflexes were groups that consisted of combinations of letters for denoting semivowels (ъ, ь) or/and vowels o and e with liquid sonants (r and l). The primary attempt was to reconstruct, as much as possible, how these groups were written in the protograph of the poem, to which the overview of the manner of their writing on old Russian monuments contributed. However, the paper is based on the systematisation, classification and statistic processing of all words containing the aforementioned groups in the literary work researched. They were written in accordance with the principles of etymology, phonetics, or the borrowed, South-Slavic principle. Additionally, morphological and etymological analysis clarified the cases of non-etymological usage of these graphical groups, as well as the cases when the graphical form of the word did not point to the etymological presence of the reflexes processed.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 29-43
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian