Contribution to the Study of Zoonyms in Upper Herzegovina Cover Image

Прилог проучавању зоонима у високој Херцеговини
Contribution to the Study of Zoonyms in Upper Herzegovina

Author(s): Dijana M. Crnjak, Biljana Savić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Morphology, Lexis, Semantics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: zoonyms; Equus caballus terms; upper Herzegovina; lexical and semantic analysis; word-formation; motivation;

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses zoonyms belonging to the category of Equus caballus in pastoral lexemes of Mosorovići village in upper Herzegovina in order to classify the available corpus in lexical-semantic and word-formation terms. It points to the frequency, motivation and origin of the recorded lexemes and their phonetic and formative variants.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 213-222
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian