Српска дијалектологија у новом столећу
Serbian dialectology in the new century

Summary/Abstract: Serbian dialectology in the new century. The paper presents a brief overview of activities in dialectological research in the 21st century, which build upon work done in previous periods: describing vernacular speeches, recording and analyzing dialectal vocabulary, determining the areas of three previously known phonological features in Serbian vernaculars (the prephonologization of what was formerly vowel quantity into vowel quality, i.e., the different fates of long and short vowels e and o in the Prizren - South Morava dialect area; the phonological individuality of the old jat sound; and the so-called Kopaonik neoacute), as well as the area of the newly discovered short neoacute accent. It is observed that, despite unfavourable historical and political circumstances, the number of dialectological monographs is growing, dialectal lexicography (especially in southern and eastern Serbia) continues to develop, and, importantly, work on local and international linguistic projects has been developing without interruptions, despite numerous challenges. Additionally, alongside traditional efforts to describe the phonological, morphological, and lexical levels of vernacular speeches (before they change completely), research into dialectal syntax is becoming increasingly prominent in Serbian dialectology.

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