Original scientific paper

Nominal accentuation in the dialect of Peroj

David Mandić ; Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli

Abstract

This paper deals with nominal accentuation in the local dialect of Peroj, a settlement in southern Istria (Croatia). The dialect is spoken by Montenegrins whose ancestors immigrated to Istria in the 17th century and belongs to the Zeta-Sjenica dialect group. Today it is seriously endangered. Nonetheless, there have not been any comprehensive studies on the dialect, especially about its prosodic system. This paper is based on Josip Ribarić's material (mostly handwritten notes, published only in facsimile) and the author's data obtained through fieldwork. The author concludes that nouns in the Peroj dialect can be classified into one of two accentual types: the fixed type, which is predominant, and the mobile type, which is the result of the merger between Common Slavic accentual paradigms b and c, nowadays comprising chiefly feminine nouns with monosyllabic stems.

Keywords

local dialect; Peroj; Zeta-Sjenica dialect group; Old Štokavian; accentuation; stress; accentual paradigm

Hrčak ID:

78608

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/78608

Publication date:

13.3.2012.

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