ETYMOLOGY OF THE SERBIAN LANGUAGE (with a glance at the past and a look into the future) Cover Image

ЕТИМОЛОГИЈА СРПСКОГ ЈЕЗИКА ДАНАС (уз осврт на јуче и поглед ка сутра)
ETYMOLOGY OF THE SERBIAN LANGUAGE (with a glance at the past and a look into the future)

Author(s): Jasna Vlajić-Popović
Subject(s): Historical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Институт за српски језик Српске академије наука и уметности
Keywords: the Serbian language; etymology; history; etymological lexicography;etymological dictionary of the Serbian language

Summary/Abstract: After an introductory overview of previous achievements in the field, abroad and at home, during the 19th and 20th centuries, this paper deals with the present state of Serbian etymology (i.e. etymology of the Serbian language) among the Serbs which, for several decades now, has been closely related to the Etymological Department of the Serbian Language Institute of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Following an explanation of elements of the etymological analysis, we offer a comparison of the methodologies applied in compiling the two dictionaries presently under development at the Department, a thesaurus-type Etimološki rečnik srpskoga jezika (ERSJ – Etymological Dictionary of the Serbian Language) and the abridged Priručni etimološki rečnik srpskoga jezika (PERSJ – Concise Etymological Dictionary of the Serbian Language). Finally, we present a preliminary projection of the future development of Serbian etymology with a suggested agenda.

  • Issue Year: 73/2017
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 137-161
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Serbian