Sociolinguistic situation and problems of language standardization in the Slavic world in XVIII century

Abstract

An interest for specific sociolinguistic situation of the Slavic world in XVIII century is justified by a determinative meaning that period has had for later formation of Slavic standard languages as well as of Slavic nations (in the Middle- and East-European sence of the word) as human collectives using these standard languages in developping own national civilizations and taking at the same time part in a general-European international civilization. On the other side, analogies from the Slavic world of XVIII century have certain theoretical and practical value for present acute standardization problems of such language groups as Arioindian or Bantu, or Malayan group (from Malagasy Republic to Philippines), mutatis mutandis, and to a certain degree even Arabic language community.