Juznoslovenski filolog 2019 Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages: 43-58
https://doi.org/10.2298/JFI1902043L
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Lexical variation as a factor in the differentiation of closely related languages (on the problem of Belarusian-Russian language interaction and mutual influence)
Lukashanets Alexander A. (National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
The article considers the issues of lexical variability in the modern
Belarusian standard language taking into account the peculiarities of its
historical development and function, describes the types of lexical variants
and reveals the reasons and ways of their development; it shows the effect
of intra-language lexical variability on the development and nature of
cross-language lexical variability (cross-language lexical parallelism) in
conditions of closely related bilingualism; the main types of differences
between the lexical units of the closely related Belarusian and Russian
languages and their role in the manifestation of the national specificity
of the Belarusian language in comparison with Russian are established.
Keywords: national language, closely related bilingualism, language purism, lexical variability