Slavistik vs. Slawistik (was: Slavic vs. Slavonic)

[Bjoern Wiemer]

Hello,

a month ago I lanced a request concerning the terminological "distribution"
of the attribute SLAVIC vs. SLAVONIC in the Anglosaxon world. I apologize
for not having delivered the short summary I promised to write. "Chelovek
predpolagaet, a Bog raspolagaet..." - a serious influenca and the
termination of the semester at our university are my only justification for
this delay.
        As for the above question, I have got the general impression that
indeed 'Slavic' is American and 'Slavonic' British tradition (including the
"dominions" Canada and Australia/New Zealand). Almost everybody who answered
my request, in one way or other hinted at that. The same holds for people as
you and me, i.e. 'Slavists' (AE) and 'Slavicists' (BE), respectively.
        But there seem to be exceptions; cf.:
>_Slavonic_ is generally used in Britain, while _Slavic_ is used in America.
>(One notable exception:  OCS is generally Old Church _Slavonic_ in the
>States.  A word in Russian that is not E.Sl., but from liturgical, S.Sl.
>influence, is called a _Slavonicism_ in the United States.)
[from L.Billings]

See also:
> (...) Also, within the USA, "Slavonic" seems to be
>used when people (especially people who know more about Slavic languages
>and literatures than your average educated American!) want to sound archaic
>or arcane -- so you'll hear "Old Church Slavonic" much more often than,
>say, "the Slavonic languages."
[S.Forester]

        Thanks for your replies!
Bjoern Wiemer.



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Bjoern Wiemer
Universitaet Konstanz
Philosophische Fakultaet / FG Sprachwissenschaft - Slavistik
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