Language Contact and Language Interference: The Case of Greek and Old Church Slavonic

Considering Academician R. Filipović-s major contributions to contrastive and contact linguistics, the autor first ponders the possibility of writing an essay to his honor dealing with Balkan Sprachbund phenomena or with the linguistic contacts of Croatian and German (as well as Hungarian), or Italian. However, given the present writer\u27s own earlier research in the area of Greek-Old Church Slavonic language contacts and interference, some hitherto less explored facts of this subject are briefly discussed. Notably, rather than once again considering the already much studied syntactic and lexical Hellenisms (Grecisms) of Old Church Slavonic, attention is focused on the semitisms (which entered via Greek, hence also referred to as "pseudo-Hellenisms") and the vernacular (non-literary) Byzantinisms of the earliest liturgical and written language of the Slavs. Yet, the latter do at most qualify as nascent (incipient) Balkanisms only

Some remaining puzzles in Cyrillo-Methodian studies

In this paper the author re-examines some remaining puzzles in Cyrillo-Methodian research. To begin with, the suprising fact is considered that neither the Moravian(-Pannonian) mission of the Thessalonian brothers nor the mission to Khazaria, headed by Constantine-Cyril, are mentioned in any of Byzantine sources. Further, the unexpected formulation found in the Vita Constantini (VC) and attributed to Khazar envoys to Byzantium is discussed, given that Khazaria had, at least in part, converted to Judaism several generations earlier. In the main portion of the essay, three important, yet so far unresolved issues are being re-examined. They are: 1) the phrase rusьskymi pismeny found in the VC, where the author dwells in particular on two new interpretations, proposed by H. Goldblatt and A.-E. Tachiaos, respectively, interpretations which are found wanting in some respects, however; 2) the location of Moravia - here I. Boba\u27s hypothesis in once again rejected entirely while the military-historical reasoning of C. Bowlus (intended to support Boba\u27s theory) deserves at least furher consideration in a more limited context, and M. Eggers\u27 recent notion of Moravia\u27s location in the Great Hungarian Plain (in the Tisza valley) has some merit, notwithstanding serious shortcomings and outright flaws in his argumentation; 3) the so-called Methodii doctrina, i. e., the highly varying attitude toward Methodius and his teaching by the Papacy (and the Frankish Church) durnig his lifetime and Rome\u27s skeptical position with regard to his "doctrine" in the region of Glagolitic Dalmatia (in the broad sense).Nekoliko preostalih zagonetaka iz ćirilometodske problematike U članku se razmatra nekoliko preostalih zagonetaka iz ćirilometodske problematike. Autor najprije ukratko upozorava na iznenađujuću činjenicu da niti moravska (panonska) misija Solunske braće niti misija predvođena Konstantinom u Kazariju nisu spomenute ni u jednom bizantskom spisu. Također se osvrće na neobične formulacije zabilježene u Životu Konstantina (VC), a pripisane kazarskim poslanicima u Bizant s obzirom na to što je Kazarija bila, barem djelomice, preobraćena na židovstvo nekoliko generacija ranije. Tri važna, do sada neriješena, problema razmatrana su u glavnom dijelu članka. To su: (1) izraz rusьskymi pismeny nađen u VC, pri čemu se autor posebice osvrće na nova tumačenja H. Goldblatta i A.-E. Tachiaosa ne nalazeći ih u nekim pogledima zadovoljavajućima; (2) smještaj Moravske - još jednom se potpuno odbacuje prepostavka I. Bobe, dok vojno-povijesni argumenti C. Bowlusa kojim se nastoji potkrijepiti Bobina teorija zahtijeva daljnja razmatranja, a pridaje se određena vrijednost najnovijoj koncepciji M. Eggersa o izvornom smještaju Moravske u panonsku nizinu (u dolini Tise), o široko rasprostranjenu "carstvu" kneza Svatopluka bez obzira na ozbiljne nedostatke i nedosljednosti u njegovoj argumentaciji, (3) tzv. Methodii doctrina, to jest vrlo različiti odnosi Papinstva i Franačke države prema Metodiju i njegovu učenju tijekom njegova života te skeptičan pristup Rima prema njegovoj doktrini u glagoljaškoj Dalmacijij (u širem smislu) nakon Metodijeve smrti

Lord Novgorod the Great: Essays in the history and culture of a medieval city-state

170 Pages; Part One: The historical backgroundLord Novgorod the Great: Essays in the History and Culture of a Medieval City-State is one of several major works Henrik Birnbaum produced as part of his extensive research in this area, including a second book with Slavica in 1996 (Novgorod in Focus, still in print as of this writing). Two other books appeared with other publishers, so this topic manifestly constituted one of the major touchstones of his long and eminent research career."Published under the auspices of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Los Angeles

How did glagolitic writing reach the coastal regions of northwestern Croatia?

U ovome radu sažimaju se i preispituju rezultati dosadašnjih istraživanja mogućih putova kojima se glagoljička tradicija protegnula do sjeverozapadnih obala hrvatskog područja. Nakon pregleda osnovnih obilježja najstarijih hrvat- skoglagoljskih pisanih spomenika - knjižnih (uglavnom fragmentiranih) i epi- grafskih - te prikaza crkvenopolitičkih, socijalnih - i kulturnopovijesnih prilika u ondašnjoj Dalmaciji, autor potvrđuje da valja razlikovati dva puta: sjeverni (stariji, iz vremena nakon Metodijeve smrti, od Moravske, Panonije, Češke) i južni (mlađi, u vezi s pomicanjima bogumila - od Makedonije preko Duklje, Za- humlja, Bosne). Pritom se upućuje na oprez pri procjenjivanju pojedinih osobina spomenutih spomenika kao "sjevernih" i "južnih". Uz to, autor se usput osvrće i na mnoga druga pitanja iz hrvatskoglagoljske problematike, rasvjetljavanju kojih je presudno pridonio upravo Eduard Herci- gonja (npr. predrasude o neukosti popova glagoljaša)

Language Contact and Language Interference: The Case of Greek and Old Church Slavonic

Considering Academician R. Filipović-s major contributions to contrastive and contact linguistics, the autor first ponders the possibility of writing an essay to his honor dealing with Balkan Sprachbund phenomena or with the linguistic contacts of Croatian and German (as well as Hungarian), or Italian. However, given the present writer\u27s own earlier research in the area of Greek-Old Church Slavonic language contacts and interference, some hitherto less explored facts of this subject are briefly discussed. Notably, rather than once again considering the already much studied syntactic and lexical Hellenisms (Grecisms) of Old Church Slavonic, attention is focused on the semitisms (which entered via Greek, hence also referred to as "pseudo-Hellenisms") and the vernacular (non-literary) Byzantinisms of the earliest liturgical and written language of the Slavs. Yet, the latter do at most qualify as nascent (incipient) Balkanisms only

Recent advances in the reconstruction of Common Slavic (1971-1982)

141 pagesRecent Advances in the Reconstruction of Common Slavic (1971–1982) continues the work of the original Common Slavic: Progress and Problems in its Reconstruction in annotating the literature on comparative/historical Slavic linguistics. Although the literature goes back over 40 years, much of it is still au courant, and the commentaries are incisive and helpful even to the 21st-­‐‑century reader

MusMorph, a database of standardized mouse morphology data for morphometric meta-analyses.

Complex morphological traits are the product of many genes with transient or lasting developmental effects that interact in anatomical context. Mouse models are a key resource for disentangling such effects, because they offer myriad tools for manipulating the genome in a controlled environment. Unfortunately, phenotypic data are often obtained using laboratory-specific protocols, resulting in self-contained datasets that are difficult to relate to one another for larger scale analyses. To enable meta-analyses of morphological variation, particularly in the craniofacial complex and brain, we created MusMorph, a database of standardized mouse morphology data spanning numerous genotypes and developmental stages, including E10.5, E11.5, E14.5, E15.5, E18.5, and adulthood. To standardize data collection, we implemented an atlas-based phenotyping pipeline that combines techniques from image registration, deep learning, and morphometrics. Alongside stage-specific atlases, we provide aligned micro-computed tomography images, dense anatomical landmarks, and segmentations (if available) for each specimen (N = 10,056). Our workflow is open-source to encourage transparency and reproducible data collection. The MusMorph data and scripts are available on FaceBase ( www.facebase.org , https://doi.org/10.25550/3-HXMC ) and GitHub ( https://github.com/jaydevine/MusMorph )

Lord Novgorod the Great: Essays in the history and culture of a medieval city-state

170 Pages; Part One: The historical backgroundLord Novgorod the Great: Essays in the History and Culture of a Medieval City-State is one of several major works Henrik Birnbaum produced as part of his extensive research in this area, including a second book with Slavica in 1996 (Novgorod in Focus, still in print as of this writing). Two other books appeared with other publishers, so this topic manifestly constituted one of the major touchstones of his long and eminent research career."Published under the auspices of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Los Angeles