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

Authors:

Pages: 20-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/AZGA5631

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.

Keywords:

Church Slavonic language; versions of the Old Bulgarian language; South Slavic / Bulgarian linguistic influences in Russia.

Download

NA