Original scientific paper

“Where the wolf rings noon, and the fox carries the mail”: Zoonymic idioms in the local dialect of Komin

Perina Vukša Nahod orcid.org/0000-0003-2602-9832 ; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
Marija Malnar Jurišić orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-8725 ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu Odsjek za kroatistiku

Abstract

This paper is based on field research regarding phraseological material in
the speech of Komin, specifically analysing idioms that have a zoonymic component.
Special focus is given to the frequency of using particular zoonyms
and the distribution of the ratio between hyperonymic and hyponymic components
found in the Komin dialect, as well as in other Croatian local dialects,
thus contributing to the description of local and regional idioms.

Keywords

Komin; Štokavian dialect group; Neo-Štokavian Ikavian dialect; dialectal phraseology; zoonymic idioms

Hrčak ID:

161754

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161754

Publication date:

13.7.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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