Jezičke inovacije na primjerima sarajevskog i pariskog žargona
Language Innovations in the Slangs of Sarajevo and Paris

Summary/Abstract: Slang functions as a laboratory for language innovation, and slang dictionaries, typically numbering tens of thousands of words in synchrony, prove this fact. Slang creations emerge as an expression of the functions of this linguistic phenomenon, and the complexity of slang corresponds to the complexity of the society in which it is created. Since slangs are mainly related to urban areas and vertical language stratification, it is natural that they are more complex as agglomerations are larger. Everything that is created in a language has its origin and essence, and slang is an expression of the real need in a language for terms to be called by new names in a different register. If we analyze slang formations, it can be concluded that, except in the case of special codes, slang innovates on the basis of existing mechanisms in the language. These language creations are used much more often than in spoken and standard languages and are much more marked linguistically speaking. Our aim is to show the reasons for these innovations and to illustrate them by the examples of the main structures used by these two slangs based on the lexicographic corpus.

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