Sintaksički tom Bosanskohercegovačkog lingvističkog atlasa: Izazov i imperativ
Syntactic Volume of the Bosanskohercegovački lingvistički atlas: A Challenge and an Imperative

Summary/Abstract: Drawing attention to the negligence of syntax in dialectological research is nothing new. European dialectology has moved away from the traditional approach and, for 30 years, primarily under the influence of generative grammar, has been trying to overcome all the challenges of dialectological syntax in order to ultimately draw the syntactic isoglosses. This is evidenced by numerous European projects in this area. The phonetic volume of the Bosanskohercegovački lingvistički atlas was published in December 2020. Although it is expected that work on the syntactic volume will not begin before the prosodic, morphological and lexical part is published, the aim of this paper is to point out all the remnants of Bosnian dialectological syntax and the importance of planning and timely focus on this area. The second part of the paper presents methodological challenges and solutions used in some of the European syntactic projects (SAND and ScanDiaSyn). The so-called layered methodology has proven to be most suitable for syntactic research. The third part of the paper draws attention to all the difficulties that the Bosnian dialectological syntax faces in order to point out that it is already necessary to start working on the preparations for the project Bosanskohercegovački lingvistički atlas: Sintaksa.

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