Original scientific paper

Štokavian dialect and the literary language

Stjepan Težak

Abstract

The subject is complex because it comprises the influence of neoštokavian
speeches on the standard or literary language, as well as the role of oldštokavian
and other local štokavian idioms in forming and regulating of the literary language.
Not only detailed descriptions of the local štokavian speeches are useful
but also regional dictionaries which could be used to enrich Croatian standard
language, but also for the functional and stylistic use of dialectalisms,
colloquialisms and phraseologisms. The above statement has been illustrated
by various examples deriving from the contemporary language practice.

Keywords

Štokavian dialect; Croatian literary language; dialectology

Hrčak ID:

148053

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/148053

Publication date:

14.7.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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