Preliminary communication
The Influence of Štokavian Settlers on the Eastern Part of the Međimurje Dialect
Đuro Blažeka
; Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu – Podružnica u Čakovcu, Čakovec, Hrvatska
Abstract
This article discusses those linguistic features of the subdialect of Donja Dubrava and Kotoriba (the eastern part of the Međimurje dialect) which are most probably the result of the influence exercised by Štokavian settlers. This influence can primarily be seen in some lexemes characteristic of Štokavian speech and confirmed among the oldest informants only in this part of the Međimurje dialect. The influence is also evident in some phonological, morphological, and syntactic features. Within the linguistic features that are presumed to have appeared due to the influence of Štokavian settlers, a distinction is made between older ones (those from the time of Turkish conquests, when the most immediately affected Croatian population passed through this region on their way to western Hungary) and more recent ones (since the 1990s, when because of the war a considerable number of new Štokavian settlers arrived from Bosnia).
Keywords
Međimurje dialect; subdialect of Donja Dubrava and Kotoriba; Štokavian settlers
Hrčak ID:
144137
URI
Publication date:
31.1.2010.
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