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O dijalektologiji kao jezikoslovnoj disciplini
Dialectology as a linguistic discipline

Author(s): Dalibor Brozović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: local idiom; dialect; dialectology; diasystem; standard language

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, basic concepts of dialectology are defined, and this field of linguistic research is related to the basic linguistic disciplines, especially typology, sociolinguistics, and genetic linguistics. The correct usage of dialectological terms, such as diasystem, dialect group, and dialect is established, and the relationships between standard languages and dialects are illustrated with examples from the Central South Slavonic diasystem.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 57-58
  • Page Range: 1-12
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Croatian