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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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

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

Sipka, Danko

Hardcover

RussianOther Slavic LanguagesSerbian & Croatian

ISBN10: 1647123739
ISBN13: 9781647123734
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: Nov 1 2023
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A fascinating cultural and linguistic history of the Slavic languages, exploring the deep connections and distinctions between them

Water, whiskey, and vodka are three words that seem to have nothing in common, but each of them comes from the same root.

Water, Whiskey, and Vodka takes a deep dive into the origins of the Slavic languages, from a common ancestor language through various cultural and historical shifts to arrive at the current breadth of languages. The book takes a captivating look at the unique sociolinguistic context of the Slavic languages and pays special attention to the cultural subtleties particular to each one and the people who speak it. Danko Sipka touches on the origins of the Slavic languages, their linguistic similarities and differences, word borrowing across them all, and the cultural importance of languages even within this family of languages.

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