Другий південнослов’янський вплив у «Слові о полку Ігоревім» і «Задонщыне

This paper aims at reconstructing the initial forms of those lexemes from «The Tale of Igor`s Campaign» which can be found in «Zadonshchyna» (the written records of the latter go back to the 15th–17th centuries). The comparative analysis shows that the author of «Zadonshchina» was acquainted with the record of «The Tale» which had not experienced the second Southern Slavic influence yet. It meansthat it was created earlier than estimated by the supporters of its later origin. The number of Southern Slavic forms increases only during transcription and editing of both works, which corresponds to the general tendencies of the development of East Slavic languages.