''Archiv für slavische Philologie'' is the oldest

Slavic Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slav ...

philological journal, generally considered as the best in the field at the time it was published. It was founded in 1875 by

Vatroslav Jagić Vatroslav Jagić (; July 6, 1838 – August 5, 1923) was a Croatian scholar of Slavic studies in the second half of the 19th century. Life Jagić was born in Varaždin, where he attended the elementary school and started his secondary-scho ...

and published by

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in Berlin, and thanks to the historian

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; ; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th ce ...

the journal received financial support from the Prussian Ministry of Education. Jagić edited the journal of since 1876 intermittently until 1920, when the 37th volume was published. After Jagić's death in 1923 it was issued irregularly by

Erich Berneker Erich Berneker (3 February 1874 – 15 March 1937) was a German linguist, Slavicist and Balticist. He was part of the Neogrammarian The Neogrammarians (, , ) were a German school of linguists, originally at the University of Leipzig, in the ...

, but after 42 volumes it was finally shut down in 1929. Jagić published papers about phonological, grammatical and syntactical structure of all

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, descriptions of ancient Slavic literary monuments, oral literary tradition, culture,

mythology Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...

, bibliographies and other texts. He decided on

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as the language of the journal which sparked a backlash in Slavic countries, but it was due to this decision that the journal became a mediator between the Slavic and Western European science and Slavic studies reached the level of Germanic and

Romance studies Romance studies or Romance philology (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an academic discipline that covers the study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak Romance languages. Romance studies departments usually include the study of Spa ...

. All of the prominent Slavic and many non-Slavic philologists contributed to the journal. Jagić himself was a prolific contributor, writing extensive studies and contributions in sections ''Anzeigen'' and ''Kleine Mitteilungen''.

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