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Urbani žargon mladih
Urban Youth Slang

Author(s): Mersina Mujagić, Feđa Imamović
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Pedagoški fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću
Keywords: slang; youth language; Bosnian language;

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes lexis of limited use, i. e. slang collected by interviewing student population in order to analyse non-standard lexis of the Bosnian language. We analysed both semantic aspect and word formation of slang words and classified them according to derivational suffixes, thematic fields, as well as speakers’ attitude towards the subject of subjective assessment.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 6-7
  • Page Range: 143-154
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bosnian