The Vocal System of the Speech of Durmitor’s Region - Podgora Village Cover Image

Vokalski sistem govora durmitorskog kraja - selo Podgora
The Vocal System of the Speech of Durmitor’s Region - Podgora Village

Author(s): Dušanka Popović
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Phonetics / Phonology, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: vocals; vocals system; local speech; dialect; standard language;

Summary/Abstract: The work describes the vocal system of village speech of the Podgora region pointing out similarities and differences in comparison to other neighboring dialects. Analyzed linguistic materials collected in the territory of this village, and partially, in some neighboring villages, show that the vocals of this dialect have similar phonetic value to the vocals in our standard literary language, but that there are still some specifics which are characteristic of the this type of speech and of region in which the village is situated.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 9-28
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Montenegrine