Turkishisms in idioms from the Mostar region Cover Image

Turcizmi u frazemima mostarskoga kraja
Turkishisms in idioms from the Mostar region

Author(s): Ivona Baković, Sonja Jurić
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages, Turkic languages, Phraseology
Published by: Matica hrvatska Mostar
Keywords: phrasemes; Turkish loanwords; Mostar; generic idiom;

Summary/Abstract: Historical and social circumstances significantly influenced the formation of the colloquial language of the Mostar region. The paper will present phrasemes with a Turkish component that appear in a conversational style among Croatian speakers in Mostar and its vicinity. They were collected during everyday conversations and written in the contexts in which they occur.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 140
  • Page Range: 48-61
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian
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