Neutralisation in the expression of location and destination of motion in Croatian
Neutralisation in the expression of location and destination of motion in Croatian
Author(s): Sanja ZubčićSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Syntax, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: Croatian language; Čakavian dialects; Štokavian dialects; Dalmatian; Istro-Romanian; Krk-Romanian; syntax; neutralisation; location and destination of motion
Summary/Abstract: In Croatian, the location and destination of motion are expressed mainly by various syntactic means, but their neutralisation is also described in the literature, especially in South Čakavian dialects. This paper examines the distribution of this phenomenon in written texts from the Middle Ages onwards, in Čakavian and Štokavian, and in contemporary Čakavian and Croatian Štokavian dialects, in order to determine its age and distribution. By comparing the distribution of this isogloss with the distribution of various Eastern Romance languages on the eastern Adriatic coast, its origin, previously associated with the Dalmatian language, will be more precisely determined.
Journal: Jezikoslovlje
- Issue Year: XXIV/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-25
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English