Testament to Ruthenian: A Linguistic Analysis of the Smotryc'Kyj Variant - Couverture rigide

Pugh, Stefan M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 091645875X ISBN 13 : 9780916458751

Editeur : Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

What is the Ruthenian language? A simple answer is that it was the precursor to modern Ukrainian and Belarusian. But the history and synchronic realization of this language are much more complex. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Ruthenian was the language of the Orthodox and Uniate inhabitants of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It enjoyed a culture and prestige greater than that of its Muscovite (Russian) neighbor to the east, but was often denigrated in comparison with the dominant language--Polish--of the Commonwealth.

In Testament to Ruthenian, Stefan Pugh analyzes the Ruthenian language use of one of its most outstanding practitioners, Meletij Smotryc´kyj (ca. 1578-1633): polemicist, cleric, and scholar. This is the first study to survey comprehensively a Ruthenian speaker's oeuvre, and it will provide the groundwork for the next generation of scholarship on the Ruthenian language.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stefan M. Pugh is Reader and Chairman in the Department of Russian at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 091645875X
• ISBN 13: 9780916458751
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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