Article One: A Linguistic Approach

Authors

  • Iurii Shevel'ov (George Y. Shevelov)
  • Andrii Zhemakovs'kyi (trans.)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21226/ewjus891

Keywords:

history of the Ukrainian language, linguistics

Abstract

An English-language translation of an article authored by Iurii Shevel'ov (George Y. Shevelov) on the origins of the Ukrainian language.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2023)

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