НОМИНАЦИЈА ЈАБУКЕ У РЕЧНИКУ СРПСКОХРВАТСКОГА КЊИЖЕВНОГ ЈЕЗИКА
NOMINATION OF THE APPLE IN A DICTIONARY OF THE SERBO-CROATIAN LITERARY LANGUAGE

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines derivated nouns denoting apples that are found in the six-volume Dictionary of Serbo-Croatian Literary Language by Matica srpska and Matica hrvatska. The analysis shows that the nouns in question are rather abundant – there are as many as 91 of them – which clearly shows the importance of apples in Serbian traditional culture. Furthermore, the nouns are derived with а significant number of different suffixes (21), among which the most productive are -ača and -ka, two highly productive suffixes in Serbian word formation. Also, when it comes to traits which gave rise to nominating apples, the most productive are those which are positive, concern the season of ripening and harvest, and the colour of apples.

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