Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Glossing -- Introduction -- Part I: The influence of Latin on Slavonic vernaculars -- The paths of grammaticalization of North Slavonic connectors. An interface point of Slavonic, Greek and Latin -- The influence of Latin on the syntax of Old Polish numerals -- The influence of the Latin Vulgate on the word order of pronominal enclitics in the 1st edition of the Old Czech Bible -- The accusativus cum infinitivo in 16th-19th century Croatian texts. Contact-induced and internally motivated syntactic change -- Relative coordination. Kateri-/koteri-relatives in 18th century Slovene and Kajkavian -- Part II: The influence of Greek on Church Slavonic -- Blocking of syntactic constructions without Greek counterparts in Church Slavonic -- The article-like usage of the relative pronoun iže as an indicator of early Slavonic grammatical thinking -- Past tense usage in Old Russian performative formulae. A case study into the development of a written language of distance -- Part III: The influence of Latin on Church Slavonic -- When Church Slavonic meets Latin. Tradition vs. innovation -- Non-strict negative concord proper and languages in contact. Translating Latin into Croatian Church Slavonic and Greek into Old Church Slavonic -- Part IV: In lieu of a conclusion -- First attestations. An Old Church Slavonic sampler -- Index