ENFORCED LACUNA IN N. KONDRASHOV’S STUDIES ON HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SLAVISTICS: NORWEGIAN SLAVIST OLAF BROCH

Abstract

The article presents facts about the epistolary legacy of Olaf Broch, the first professor of Slavic languages of the University of Oslo. One of the interests of N. Kondrashov was the study of the history of Slavistics and the works of renowned scholars at the beginning of the last century. This was the period when the excellent works of the Norwegian scholar were published in Russia, works that are still fundamental in the study of the phonetics of Slavic languages. However, for political reasons, N. Kondrashov could not mention Olaf Broch, which explains the enforced lacuna his account of the history of Slavic studies. To point out this lacuna is equally essential for the history of Slavic studies as for the correct evaluation of the ideas and initiatives found in the works of N. Kondrashov.

Keywords

• history of Slavonic studies
• epistolary heritage
• language and culture
• General linguistics
• sociolinguistics
• Olaf Broch