Original scientific paper

Brother’s son in the Croatian language

Željko Jozić orcid.org/0000-0002-4101-2978 ; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
Perina Vukša orcid.org/0000-0003-2602-9832 ; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
Dijana Ćurković ; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje

Abstract

The paper is a detailed terminological description of vocabulary concerning family relations. It describes the terms for ‘brother’s son’ in three components of the Croatian language: dialectological data, which is analysed, described and mapped; lexicographical data, through a diachronic consideration of grammars from the 17th century up to modern dictionaries of the Croatian standard language; and the online corpus of literary works in the Croatian language. Several terms were found: sinovac, bratan, bratanac, bratanić, braten, bratić, nećak, neput, nevodo. The paper presents the wealth of Croatian lexical heritage and provides a cartographic display of the areal distribution of lexemes within the Croatian linguistic area.

Keywords

brother’s son; relatives terminology; Standard Croatian; Čakavian; Kajkavian; Štokavian; Croatian linguistic atlas; areal distribution; lexicographic analysis

Hrčak ID:

83897

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/83897

Publication date:

30.4.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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