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Obiteljsko nazivlje u idiomima studenata Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Kinship Terminology in Idioms of the University of Mostar Students

Author(s): Martina Matić, Ivona Baković
Subject(s): South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: kinship terminology; relatives; in-laws;idiom;

Summary/Abstract: Different terms form marking kinship types are used in different parts of the Croatian speaking areas. The paper analyzes kinship terminology and its understanding in a certain idiom. Kinship terminology (to a certain level) is grouped according to family and in-laws relationship. We make family relationships through father and mother and in-law relationships through entering into marriage. The survey covered students (and their idioms) of different study groups of the University of Mostar. We analyze frequency of particular terms in a certain region and their relation to lexical norm of the Croatian standard language

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 22-35
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Croatian