Turkish Suffixes in Stevan Sremacʼs Zamfirʼs Zona Cover Image

Турски суфикси у Зони Замфировој Стевана Сремца
Turkish Suffixes in Stevan Sremacʼs Zamfirʼs Zona

Author(s): Aleksandra D. Rakić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Novel, Morphology, Lexis, Semantics, Serbian Literature, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: word-formation; semantics; turcisms; turkish suffixes;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the usage of Turkish suffixes in Stevan Stemac’s Zamfirʼs Zona and to show which suffixes are most frequent. Particular emphasis is laid on semantic categorisation of lexemes with Turkish suffixes -cija / -dzija (-ci / -dzi), -lija (-li), -luk, -ana, -basa, -suz and -dzik. On the basis of the analysis conducted, most frequent Turkish suffixes in this novel are -cija / -dzija, -lija and -luk. Suffixes -ana and -suz are detected twice, while suffixes -basa and -dzik are detected once.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 267-286
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian