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Water, Whiskey, and Vodka : A Story of Slavic Languages

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Author(s): Danko Šipka
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Year: 2023

Language: English

Cover page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What Is a Slavic Language, and How Do Language and Culture Interact?
Part I: Nuts and Bolts
2. Water, Whiskey, and Vodka: How Slavic Languages Came to Be
3. The Sounds of the Slavs: Like Dancing in the Air
4. The Forms of Slavic Words: Bending and Gendering
Part II: Words, Words, Words
5. How Time and Space Split Slavic Roots
6. How Well Do Slavs Understand Each Other?
7. How Slavic Languages Lend and Borrow Words
Part III: Languages as Tools of Cultures
8. Pens and Peasants: How Slavic Literacies Have Emerged
9. Slavic Rock Star Linguists
10. Slavic Language Wars
Appendix: Transcription and Pronunciation Guide
Bibliography
Index
About the Author