The Vocal System in the Speeches of Southeast Bosnia according to The Question of the Nation’s Speech (1897) and the Completed Questionnaires for the Examination of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Speeches (1975–1986) Cover Image

Vokalski sistem u govorima jugoistočne Bosne u anketi Pitanja o govoru prostoga naroda (1897) i popunjenim upitnicima za ispitivanje bosanskohercegovačkih govora (1975–1986)
The Vocal System in the Speeches of Southeast Bosnia according to The Question of the Nation’s Speech (1897) and the Completed Questionnaires for the Examination of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Speeches (1975–1986)

Author(s): Haris Ćatović
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: Shtokavian dialect; eastern Herzegovinian dialect; vocalism; southeastern Bosnia;

Summary/Abstract: This work attempts to fill in the gap in the description of Bosnian speech types, which, among other things, was due to the fact that the existing linguistic material, archived in the National Museum, was insufficiently used. This linguistic material is result of the Project on the Question of the Nation’s Speech initiated by the Central Government in 1896. Namely, this is a description of the state of the vocal system in the area of Southeast Bosnia, where the questionnaires from Čajniče, Foča, Goražde, Kalinovik, Rogatica and Višegrad will be taken into account. Bearing in mind the fact that dialects are susceptible to changes, from the perspective of historical dialectology, the data provided by the Project mentioned above are important to us. We will compare these data with the results of the recent research, taken from the survey of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Dialectological Complex (1975–1986), which are relevant for the examination of these areas. In this way, an insight into the developmental line of the vocal system in the area of Southeast Bosnia (which, according to its linguistic characteristics, is part of the eastern Herzegovinian dialect system) will be given.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 63-87
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bosnian