Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
South Slavic language with approx. 1.2 million speakers in Macedonia and approx. 100,000 speakers in northern Greece. Macedonian has been standardized since 1945 and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet with the additional letters ‹S›, ‹Γ›,
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Characteristics: in polysyllabic words, stress on the antepenultimate syllable, three different postclitic definite articles, pronominal anticipation of the determined object.
References
Elson, M.J. 1989. Macedonian verbal morphology: a structural analysis. Columbus, OH.
Koneski, B. 1967–81. Gramatika na makedonskiot literaturen jazik, Parts 1 and 2. Skopje.
——1983. A historical phonology of the Macedonian language. Heidelberg.
Lunt, H.G.
1952. A grammar of the Macedonian literary language. Skopje.
Stamatoski, T. 1986. Borba za makedonski literaturen jazik. Skopje.
Dictionaries
Crvenkovski, D. 1976. Makedonsko-angliski rečnik (Macedonian-English dictionary). Skopje.
Koneski, B. (ed.) 1961–6. Rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik, 3 vols. (Repr. 1986 in one vol.) Skopje.
Journal
Makedonski Jazik.
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