Review article

Comparative idioms in the Čabar area vernacular

Marija Malnar orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-8725 ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

This article presents the basic characteristics of comparative idioms recorded in Čabar in Gorski Kotar. Comparative idioms are the most common phrasal type recorded in the Čabar area. The article analyzes part of the phraseological corpus found in the local dialects of Tršća, Prezid, and Čabar. All of the examples were collected through fieldwork. These documented idioms from the Čabar area vernacular exemplify the basic structural and semantic characteristics of comparative idioms, as well as their variations in the spoken language.

Keywords

Gorski Kotar dialect; Čabar dialect; phraseology; comparative idiom

Hrčak ID:

78607

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/78607

Publication date:

13.3.2012.

Article data in other languages: english

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