The Russian Language : A Brief History (Paperback)

List of maps and illustrations; Symbols used; 1. The Slavonic languages; 2. Russian dialects; 3. The origin of the Russian literary language; 4. Texts in the history of Russia; 5. The structure of Old Russian; 6. The Russian literary language in the earliest period; 7. The literary language in the 15th?17th centuries; 8. Towards a single Russian language; 9. The literary language of the Age of Classicism; 10. The creation of the national standard language; 11. The literary language in the 19th and 20th centuries; Further reading; Index.