Old Church Slavonic Heritage in Slavonic and Other Languages

0552546 - ÚJČ 2022 RIV CZ eng M - Část monografie knihy
Boček, Vít
On language similarity as a factor in language contact, with a focus on the contact between (Old) Church Slavonic and other Slavonic languages.
Old Church Slavonic Heritage in Slavonic and Other Languages. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2021 - (Janyšková, I.; Karlíková, H.; Boček, V.), s. 45-62. Studia etymologica Brunensia, 25. ISBN 978-80-7422-780-6
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA18-02702S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378092
Klíčová slova: language contact * language similarity * intelligibility * typology * deliberate change * Old Church Slavonic
Obor OECD: Linguistics

The paper addresses the issue of the role of language similarity in language contact. Difficulties in measuring this variable are presented and commented on. Contrary to the traditional claim that similarity facilitates transfer between languages it is argued that it may act differently depending on the types of transfer in language contact as delimited in the language contact theory developed by Van Coetsem.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0327653