Original scientific paper
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MORPHOPHONEMES {O} AND {E} IN THE DECLENSION OF A TYPE NOUNS IN THE STOKAVIAN AREA
Jasna Hadžimejlić
; Institut za jezik, Sarajevo, BiH
Abstract
The article discusses the relationship of the allomorphs {om} : {em} and {ov} : {ev} in the declension of A type nouns in the Stokavian dialect, and the gene- realization of the morphophoneme fO} in the cases with alternation fOJ ~ (E). The importance of the subject lies in the fact that the situation differs from the inherited state, i.e. from the standard language on the one hand, and individual Stokavian idioms on the other, so that there are important discrepancies between singular and plural within this framework.
The results of analysis have been presented in maps which show that shifts are more pronounced in the singular than in the plural, and can be found in a wide central diagonal area and the western part of the Stokavian area: {O} is rarely generalised, and is more frequent only with respect to fE}, as in e.g. small regions in the north-east (Banat), in the easternmost areas (local idioms of Timok), and in the south (Mrkovici) and west (west Bosnian local idioms).
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202422
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Publication date:
13.3.1997.
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