THE CODIFICATION OF COMPOUND NOUN SPELLING IN THE “DICTIONARY OF CHURCH SLAVONIC AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE” (1847)

Abstract

The article deals with codification of the continuous and hyphenated spelling of compound nouns in the “Dictionary of Church Slavonic and Russian Language” of 1847. The objective of the article is to establish the patterns of spelling of compound nouns based on the dictionary entries of the most important source of information about the norm of the Russian literary language in the mid-19th century. These patterns are being compared with the recommendations of grammar books of the time. The analysis made it possible to classify compound nouns registered in the dictionary in accordance with their composition and spelling, and then compare the established norm with modern rules. In addition, the article identifies and analyzes cases of variability in the spelling of compound nouns. As a result, the role of the “Dictionary of Church Slavonic and Russian Language” (1847) in forming the modern spelling norms for compound nouns has been specified.