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.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute,U.S.
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 1996 |
| First published: |
November 1996 |
| Authors: |
Stefan Pugh
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 168 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
314 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-916458-75-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-916458-75-X |
| Barcode: |
9780916458751 |
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