Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.22210/suvlin.2018.085.03

The spread of the ending –i in genitive plural of e–declension in modern Štokavian

Mate Kapović

Abstract

The paper discusses the (up until now barely discussed in the literature) spread of the ending
–i in e–stems (from forms like majki ‘mothers’ or Dalmatinki ‘Dalmatians’ with a cluster–ending
stem to forms like baki ‘grandmothers’ or sezoni ‘seasons’) in modern standard or standard–like
Štokavian. Examples of such genitival forms are adduced from living modern language (mostly
from the internet) and the process is analyzed historically and structurally.

Keywords

genitive plural; Štokavian; language change; language innovation

Hrčak ID:

203941

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/203941

Publication date:

23.7.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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