Scholarly and Methodological Aspects of the Teaching and the Study of the Church Slavonic Language Cover Image

Научни и методологически аспекти при преподаването и изучаването на църковнославянски език
Scholarly and Methodological Aspects of the Teaching and the Study of the Church Slavonic Language

Author(s): Kamen Dimitrov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Church Slavonic language; versions of the Old Bulgarian language; South Slavic / Bulgarian linguistic influences in Russia.

Summary/Abstract: The article traces the stages of influence of the Old Bulgarian language on the Russian language and on other Slavic and non-Slavic languages, from the Early Middle Ages to the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age: the first Bulgarian influence (10th – 11th centuries), the so-called ‘second South Slavic influence’, which is in fact again mainly Bulgarian (14th – 15th centuries), and the creation of the Church Slavonic language, which is a late Russian version of the Old Bulgarian literary language (16th – 17th centuries). Some methodological guidelines are proposed for the teaching and learning of the Church Slavonic language, which are a direct consequence of the Bulgarian origin and essence of this sacred liturgical language of the Orthodox Churches.

  • Issue Year: 33/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 20-25
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English, Bulgarian
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