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REFLEKSI JATA STAROBOSANSKIH ĆIRILIČNIH NATPISA
THE YAT REFLEXES OF OLD BOSNIAN CYRILLIC INSCRIPTIONS

Author(s): Mehmed Kardaš
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: the yat reflexes; epigraphy; Cyrillic inscriptions; ikavian manners

Summary/Abstract: Th is paper analyzes the yat reflex in medieval Bosnian Cyrillic epigraphic texts. Classification of epigraphic corpus at two developmental stages corresponds to replacing yat, so that the oldest texts kept yat in its old value, while younger monuments of epitaphic period confirm various reflexes, of which ikavian is exactly the most frequent and is noted from the 14th century.

  • Issue Year: 25/2014
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 7-25
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Bosnian