Bidijalektizam i bilingvizam u ranom jezičkom razvoju – teorijski pristup na primjeru zapadnoga ikavskošćakavkog dijalekta
Bidialectism and Bilingualism in Early Language Development – A Theoretical Approach on the Example of the Western Ikavian-Šćakavian Dialect

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses bidialectalism in the context of early language development and vertical bilingualism, using the example of the western Ikavian-Šćakavian dialect. The aim is to contribute to the broader discourse on bilingualism and bidialectalism in Bosnian studies. Theoretical and terminological findings are exemplified based on the speech of preschool-aged boys from the Ikavian-Šćakavian dialect of northwestern Bosnia. By analyzing the patterns of parental and environmental language acquisition models in a bidialectal setting of a preschool child, data on linguistic development as bilingual and phenomena of code-switching and language mixing were obtained. The goal of this paper is not to provide an exhaustive description of the child’s linguistic pattern but to highlight the adoption of bidialectism models in L1 and the frequency and persistence of these phenomena in Bosnian studies. This is aimed at drawing attention to the place and role of dialect in the system of vertical bilingualism from preschool to school age.

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