Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.21857/mnlqgc381y
Diversity and distribution of words for ‘forest’ in Croatian dialects
Dunja Brozović Rončević
; Centar za jadransku onomastiku i etnolingvistiku Sveučilišta u Zadru
Tijmen Pronk
; Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
Abstract
The article describes and discusses the dialectal variation of words for ‘forest’
in Croatian. Apart from widespread nouns like gora, boška and šuma, the words
drmun, lug, husta, loza, grm, umejak, kolinjak, gušć, ograde, drveća, les, živica,
dubrava, kiće, grmlje, krč and gaj have all been attested as the basic word for
‘forest’ in one or more Croatian dialects. The article offers a detailed overview
of the geographical distribution of these words based on fieldwork carried out in
a recent large collaborative fieldwork project and on the existing dialectological
literature. The geographical distribution of the Croatian words for ‘forest’ is
visualized with the help of four maps. The article further discusses the origin of
the words for ‘forest’ and their role in toponymy, as well as factors that may have
played a role in the rise of the present day distribution of the lexemes.
Keywords
Croatian dialectal terminology; linguistic geography; words for forest in Croatian dialects (šuma, gora, bošak, husta)
Hrčak ID:
324884
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Publication date:
23.12.2024.
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