Mikhail Lomonosov and Vuk Karadžić : a study of two language reformers

Mueller, Felicity

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Mikhail Lomonosov and Vuk Karadžić : a study of two language reformers

Date

1978

Authors

Mueller, Felicity

Abstract

The various modern Slavonic literary languages developed between the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century . Russian and Polish are the only Slavonic languages which were able to develop without experiencing any interruption of their literary traditions, i.e. they are the only Slavonic languages which have a continuous literary tradition.