Stylogenicity of time-layered lexicon in The Dictionary of the Bosnian Language by Dževad Jahić Cover Image

Stilogenost vremenski raslojene leksike u Rječniku bosanskog jezika autora Dževada Jahića
Stylogenicity of time-layered lexicon in The Dictionary of the Bosnian Language by Dževad Jahić

Author(s): Haris Ćatović
Subject(s): Lexis, Semantics, South Slavic Languages, Stylistics
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: linguistic stratification; stylogeny; colloquial style; connotation; archaism; historicism; historical vocabulary; outdated vocabulary;

Summary/Abstract: The paper initially discusses some theoretical aspects of functional-stylistic stratification of vocabulary, with an emphasis on spoken language and its impact on standard language in terms of generating new stylistic values. Spoken language belongs to the colloquial style, so given its great potential in creating the connotative meaning of words, its boundaries are not clearly set, and in the communicative act almost every word can undergo semantic modification, resulting in special semantic or stylistic nuances. Stylistic nuance of vocabulary finds its foundation in filling communicative gaps, which, through different use in different contexts, can activate the desired effects in an effort to obtain a nuance of meaning that is appropriate to the circumstances in which it occurs. Furthermore, the paper pays special attention to the stylogenic values of time-layered vocabulary, ie passive vocabulary in the Dictionary of the Bosnian Language by Dževad Jahić. By using vocabulary that has gone out of use in the text in the modern sense, its functional orientation comes to the fore, which, given the context in which it is used, can have different degrees of stylistic expressiveness. Thus, the stylistic character of lexemes with the qualifier of archaism, historicism, historical and obsolete lexicon is considered, taking into account the examples excerpted from the material given with each entry. After conducted analysis, the stylistic function of passive vocabulary is nothing but the expression of the historical originality of an event. Using terms from the former era of existence helps writers to get their literary work on a truer and more convincing painting of a certain period, thus transmitting historical, social and cultural patterns and material culture of a region.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 143-165
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bosnian