Slavic vs. Slavonic

[Robert Beard]

"Slavonic" is the British term.  "Slavic" has always been the term
used in the US and is also used by some British specialists.

--RB

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bjoern Wiemer <Bjoern.Wiemer at uni-konstanz.de>
To: SEELANGS at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU <SEELANGS at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Date: Monday, December 29, 1997 7:37 AM
Subject: Slavic vs. Slavonic


>Hello,
>
>I am a German scholar dealing with Slavonic (Slavic??) languages and would
>be anxious to know whether there are any obliging terminological norms as
to
>how we should name the languages of our investigations in press. Is it
>'Slavonic' or 'Slavic'? Is this a question of personal preferences or are
>there meaningful distinctions that have to be borne in mind when using
these
>adjectives?
>        Sometimes I have the feeling that the latter is used rather with
>respect to ethnic groups (prehistorical tribes, nations etc.), whereas the
>former seems to be preferred for naming the language(s). Am I correct?
>        The same, mutatis mutandis, concerns the name of people dealing
with
>these languages: are we 'Slavists' or 'Slavicists'?
>
>        I should be grateful for competent comments on this topic and shall
>be willing to deliver a summary of respective replies.
>
>        And - by the way - Happy New Year!
>
>Bjoern Wiemer.
>
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>Universitaet Konstanz
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