Вестник Московского государственного областного университета: Серия: Русская филология (Jan 2018)

ABOUT THE LANGUAGE UNIONS IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT RELATIONSHIP OF RUSSIAN WITH THE NORTH CAUCASUS LANGUAGES. HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC AND AREAL ASPECTS

  • Мугумова Анна Львовна,
  • Гусейнов Гарун-Рашид Абдул-Кадырович

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7278-2018-5-102-112
Journal volume & issue
no. 5
pp. 102 – 112

Abstract

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The main objective of the article is to critically examine the attempt of one of the modern researchers to justify with the material of Nakh languages Václav Polyak’s hypothesis about the Slavic-Caucasian language union. It was already criticized by researchers, including the author of the article. As a result of the made analysis of language and historical and linguistic data, which were used to justify a similar union of Nakh and Slavic languages, the authors provide their full theoretical and practical insolvency.