The spread of the ending –i in genitive plural of e–declension in modern Štokavian Cover Image

Širenje nastavka –i u genitivu množine e–deklinacije u suvremenoj štokavštini
The spread of the ending –i in genitive plural of e–declension in modern Štokavian

Author(s): Mate Kapović
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: genitive plural; Štokavian; language change; language innovation;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the (up until now barely discussed in the literature) spread of the ending –i in e–stems (from forms like majki ‘mothers’ or Dalmatinki ‘Dalmatians’ with a cluster–ending stem to forms like baki ‘grandmothers’ or sezoni ‘seasons’) in modern standard or standard–like Štokavian. Examples of such genitival forms are adduced from living modern language (mostly from the internet) and the process is analyzed historically and structurally.

  • Issue Year: 44/2018
  • Issue No: 85
  • Page Range: 39-71
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Croatian