Original scientific paper

Neologisms by Josip Stipan Relković

Ivo Pranjković orcid.org/0000-0002-0378-3368 ; Department of Croatian language and literature, Faculty of humanities and social sciences at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The paper deals with the lexis of Kućnik by J. S. Relković, an agricultural guide from the end of the 18th century written for Slavonian peasants. A special attention is being given to newly invented words (neologisms) in that work, which are singled out, contextualized, shortly commented on and then classified into those formed on the basis of an existing word (derivatives) and compounds (composites). In the end it is concluded that, when dealing with neologisms, Kućnik is one of the richest sources in the history of Croatian written word and that just that fact alone is enough to make it especially important for studying the history of Croatian standard language.

Keywords

lexis; word creation; nouns formed on the basis of an existing word (derivatives); compounds (composites); lexical borrowing; synonyms; Kućnik; J. S. Relković

Hrčak ID:

174586

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/174586

Publication date:

3.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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