Substitution of the Long Yat in the Speech of Bosniaks of Srebrenica Cover Image

Zamjena dugog jata u govoru Bošnjaka Srebrenice
Substitution of the Long Yat in the Speech of Bosniaks of Srebrenica

Author(s): Refik Bulić
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: long yat; Bosniaks of Srebrenica; dialect; socio-linguistic; language;

Summary/Abstract: In the literature about Bosnian and Herzegovinian speeches, some scholars think that ekavian-jekavian the substitution of yat in long syllables has been present m the speeches of Bosniaks of Srebrenica. Such substitution of yat has not been confined in Questionnaire for Studying Bosnian and Herzegovinian Speeches. Words in which long yat could be found are noted down only with ijekavian reflexes.

  • Issue Year: 23/2007
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 65-70
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bosnian