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ЈЕЗИКОТВОРСТВО У ПРИЧАМА И РЕЧИМА
WORD FORMATION IN THE TALES ABOUT WORDS

Author(s): Miodrag Maticki
Subject(s): Serbian Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Vuk stories about words; stories interpreted or derived from proverbs; narrative genres; Vuk Karadzic; Dimitrije Popovic

Summary/Abstract: Following the Copernican role of Vuk’s Srp­ski rječ­nik (Serbian Dictionary) in the domain of word formation in the period when the era of enlightenment intertwined with the new direction in Serbian prose, the paper pays special attention to Vuk’s tales on words and especially those that accompany proverbs and saying, where Vuk’s role of an excellent storyteller is very noticeable.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 221-225
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Serbian