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Generacijski utjecaj na leksičku stratifikaciju u razgovornom bosanskom jeziku
Generation influence on lexic stratification in Bosnian speech

Author(s): Nihada Ibrišimović, Aida Kahriman-Krhan
Subject(s): Lexis, Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: lexical stratification; generation; jargon; dialectisms; archaisms; neologisms; borrowings; conversational Bosnian language;

Summary/Abstract: The paper uses a corpus sample of a field study formed by a free interview technique, analyzing the generational impact on lexical stratification of contemporary conversational Bosnian. The observed diastratic varieties were analyzed by quantitative-qualitative methods according to diastratic (jargonism), diatopic (dialectic) and diachronic (archaisms, neologisms) criteria. Frequency of marked vocabulary in older and younger generations was observed, similarities and differences were observed at the lexical or other linguistic levels, weighing of influence and possible streams of stratification of Bosnian lexis with respect to age.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 273-299
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Bosnian