A HISTORICAL-GRAMMATICAL RETROSPECTIVE OF THE LIVING WORD IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIAN-CHURCH SLAVONIC DIGLOSSIA
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The article examines the grammatical aspect of the living word in the context of Russian-Church Slavonic diglossia, focusing on the categories of tense (aorist, imperfect) and, primarily, the dual number. Two major approaches to understanding this grammatical form are analyzed: the classical (descriptive) approach, which treats the dual as an atavism and redundancy, and the comparative-historical approach (originating with W. von Humboldt), which reveals its “collective-unity” function – the expression of “unity in plurality”. It is shown that the classical approach, oriented toward usage and a materialistic paradigm, led to the loss of the philosophical content of these forms and their elimination from the literary language. The comparative-historical approach, by contrast, revealed the cognitive potential of the dual as a tool for shaping a collective-unified (soborny / conciliar) type of thinking. On the basis of these differences, the General Theory of the Living Word (GTLW) introduces the concept of a third (soborny / conciliar) form of the word, whose grammatical correlate is the dual number. Integrating both approaches, GTLW creates a metalanguage for analyzing and describing constructive and destructive speech practices. From a cognitive perspective, the article raises the question of the influence of integrating the grammatical category of the dual on the cognitive potential of language speakers. The cyberlinguistic aspect concerns the necessity of training national artificial intelligence systems to recognise the philosophical content of grammatical forms as a condition of technological sovereignty. It is concluded that a return to the linguo-philosophical heritage of Church Slavonic grammar through the metalanguage of GTLW opens new horizons 
for discourse diagnostics and the creation of ethical, culturally oriented speech models.

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history of grammar, dual number, aorist, Russian-Church Slavonic diglossia, comparative linguistics, General Theory of the Living Word (GTLW), soborny / conciliar form of the word, metaphysical grammar, technological sovereignty, artificial intelligence
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