EXPANSION OF THE GREEK SUFFI X -issa AND THE SLAVONIC -ica (Ekspansja greckiego sufiksu -issa i slowianskie -ica)

• Authors: Ilievski Petar Chr.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Greek feminizing suffix -issa developed at the end of the classical period, became frequent in the Hellenistic and Byzantine times, and has been productive up to the present day. C.D. Buck found that its origin is unknown. As his conclusion was shared by some leading classical scholars, the author's aim in this paper is firstly to reexamine the development of the Greek suffix and to follow its extension not only to the Greek dialects, but also to the European languages with the exception of the Slavonic ones. A special attention is paid to the question why it was not accepted by the Slavonic languages.

Keywords

EN

AREAL LINGUISTIC; GREEK LANGUAGE; HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; SLAVONIC LANGUAGES; SUFFIX -ISSA

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Slawistyczny
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 57
• Pages: 21-30
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ilievski Petar Chr.

• Petar Chr. Ilievski, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov, 2, P.O. Box 428, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA073411