Open AccessChapter 3. The Toolbox: Linguistic Tools for Analyzing the History of Russian
Author(s) -
Tore Nesset
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
septentrio educational
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2464-1464
DOI - 10.7557/8.3493
Subject(s) - font , style (visual arts) , linguistics , humanities , literature , art , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
In chapter 1 you learned that Russian belongs to the Slavic language family, which evolved from a reconstructed ancestor language called “Proto-Slavic”. You may ask how we reconstruct ancestor languages and describe language change. This chapter addresses these questions and provides you with some linguistic tools you need in order to analyze the history of Russian. Click on the links below to learn more!3.4 Family Tree Model