Current Albanian Variants in Prizren and the Surrounding Area Cover Image

Variantet aktuale të shqipes në Prizren e rrethinë
Current Albanian Variants in Prizren and the Surrounding Area

Author(s): Senad Neziri
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Philology
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: standard Albanian; local varieties; linguistic geography; bilingualism; sociolinguistics;

Summary/Abstract: Moving or displacement of population from one area to another area is a major factor in the transfer of speaking features in those areas where the individual, family, the group of speaking area are settled for housing or to live and work. Such area is Prizren and surroundings, where gravitating some ethnicities, but also some varieties of the same language, the reason that inspired us to research the state and description of the current Albanian speaking varieties in this area of Prizren. In our paper, which we plan to present in this seminar (38), we will try to explain the position and role of current Albanian in the face of its varieties, dealing with, treating the Albanian speaking varieties of Has area, Anadrini area, Opoja area, Luma and Vrini area, Podgur area, the Lumbardh Gorge area and city area of Prizren, areas that are the object of our research. Besides the separated treatment of varieties of Albanian due to areas, we will also treat Albanian variety which is specific and inclusive within the city area where we have different linguistic engagement. To realize this paper, we have realized ongoing conversation meetings with respondents of all above-mentioned areas, we have kept characteristic linguistic notes, and we recorded different conversations and created samples of the varieties of Albanian in the Prizren area with surroundings. The results of this paper will be relevant to this field of linguistics

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 38.1
  • Page Range: 426-435
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Albanian