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Ikavizmi u usmenom pjesništvu tešanjskoga kraja
Ikavisms in the Tešanj Area Song Collection

Author(s): Edna Klimentić
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Sociolinguistics, Bosnian Literature
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: jat reflexes; ikavism; oral songs; speeches of Tesanj;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of ikavisms in oral songs. Ikavisms are divided by the fact that they represent a short or long jat voice reflex. The paper brings the conclusion that the ikavisms in the short jat voice are dominant, and also attemptes to determine whether these ikavisms are indigenous trait of the speeches in Tesanj area because they are recorded there, and also whether they are a poetic features conditioned by verse characteristics. The source of research are oral songs from Manuscript that is recorder in Tesanj area.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 25-34
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian