Tom PRIESTLY (University of Alberta) Is there Balkan seepage in East Slavic?

On Rumanian syntactic influence on Ukrainian dialects Given (a) the extension of Bal an feat!res into "ol#avian R!manian ($yer %&&%)' an# (b) the (erio#s of R!manian)U rainian bilin*!alism in #ifferent lo+alities' it may be hy(othesi,e# that at amon* lin*!isti+ feat!res sho-in* R!manian infl!en+e on U rainian #iale+ts some may be fo!n# -hi+h are in ori*in Bal anisms. There are fo!r #istri+ts of +ontem(orary Romania -ith U rainian/s(ea ers. The histories of these re*ions s!**est that bilin*!al Romanian)U rainian (o(!lations have been settle# an# stable for the lon*est time in "aram!re0)"aramoro12ina' then in S!+eava)S!2av12ina' then in the Banat' an# for the shortest len*th of time in $obro*ea)$obr!#3a. Altho!*h extensive lexi+al infl!en+es have been +atalo*!e# from "i losi+h4s time on' almost nothin* has been (!blishe# abo!t synta+ti+ +onta+t (henomena in this re*ion' an# this is -here -e -o!l# loo for Bal anisms. The ma5or so!r+e of #ata is Pavl5! 6 Rob2! %&&7' -ith 89& an# %&: (a*es of #iale+t texts from the "aram!re0 an# S!+eava re*ions res(e+tively. All an# any (otential Bal anisms -ill be +onsi#ere# in the li*ht of evi#en+e from U rainian lan*!a*e/varieties s(o en in areas not +onti*!o!s -ith Romanian. ;or exam(le' vin uzew imu hroi (Stan#ar# U r. vin uzjav u noho hroi) he took his money has a #ative of (ossession< this is not +liti+ in the ty(i+ally Bal an style' b!t still may refle+t some infl!en+e from Bal an lan*!a*es= b!t if this feat!re is fo!n# in U rainian m!+h f!rther north an# east' it +an not be +onsi#ere# even a >semi/Bal anism.? @ Ane in+i#ental bon!s to this investi*ation is the #ifferen+e in time/s(ans amon* the fo!r #ifferent bilin*!al (o(!lations. If any Bal anisms are in#ee# #is+overe#' then a +om(arison amon* the fo!r re*ions may a## to o!r no-le#*e of the time reB!ire# for areal feat!res to be transmitte#. This (a(er -ill relate the first res!lts of h!ntin* for this (arti+!lar (rey. Even if the res!lts are ne*ative' this in itself -ill be of interest.
$yer %&&% C $yer' $onal#. >The Bal ans an# "ol#ova< Ane Sprachbund or t-oD? 88E/7F in G. ;rie#man an# $. L. $yer' Of All the Slavs my avorites! "n #onor of #oward "! Aronson on the Occasion of his $$th %irthday C "ndiana Slavic Studies 8%. Pavl5! 6 Rob2! %&&7 C Pavl5! ' "i ola 6 Rob2! ' Ivan. &krajinski hovory 'umuniji! (ijalektni teksty. E#monton)L4viv)He- Yor )Toronto' Iana#ian Instit!te of U rainian St!#ies.