Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/mwo1vc5ely
Ikavian-Ekavian reflex of jat in the Štokavian local varieties of the East Karlovačko Pokuplje area
Marina Marinković
; Zavod za lingvistička istraživanja Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti
Abstract
The Ikavian-Ekavian reflex of jat is a recognizable feature of the Middle
Čakavian dialect of the Čakavian dialect group. The dialects of the Pokupsko
and Prikupsko areas, in which the Ikavian-Ekavian jat reflex has been identified
through existing dialect research, also belong to the Čakavian dialect group.
This paper discusses the reflex of jat in the local varieties of Banska Selnica,
Slunjska Selnica, Banski Moravci, Banski Kovačevac, and Kablar. These investigation
spots are located on the right bank of the Kupa river, some 20 kilometers
east of the town of Karlovac. The present population of the above villages were
settled there by people from the regions of Pounje and western Bosnia after
those regions had been invaded by the Ottoman armies. These people were
referred to as Vlachs by the nineteenth-century historian Radoslav Lopašić. Field
research conducted on all the varieties confirm linguistic traits which have so
far in the relevant literature mostly been classified as Štokavian dialect features.
In addition, some other linguistic traits matching with other, non-Štokavian
dialects of the Karlovačko Pokuplje region have been confirmed. With a few
exceptions, the reflex of jat in the studied varieties mostly complies with Meyer-
-Jakubinskij's law, suggesting that this is a specific language situation, that is, that
fundamentally Štokavian dialects were subjected to the influence of neighboring
Kajkavian-Čakavian Ikavian-Ekavian dialects.
Keywords
Ikavian-Ekavian reflex of jat; Štokavian dialect; mixed dialects; East Karlovačko Pokuplje area
Hrčak ID:
186157
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Publication date:
1.9.2017.
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