PROZODIJSKO-FONOLOŠKA USPOREDBA GOVORA VINODOLSKOGA KAMENJAKA SA SENJSKIM GOVOROM
A prosodic and phonological comparison of the Senj and Kamenjak idioms

Summary/Abstract: In the article two similar čakavian idioms are compared. The idiom of Senj has passed through certain language influences of the štokavian type which left some traces on the native idiom. It is because Senj, being a big town of the region and a rather important port — especially in the past — represents an attractive place for the štokavian immigrants from the neighbourhood. The Kamenjak idiom is a conservative one. Nevertheless, the comparative language material shows that some of the new štokavian elements in the idiom of Senj have also weak spots in the idiom of Kamenjak. It means that the weak spots in the čakavian system can cause a new, štokavian, process in it. The compared material also shows that the idiom of Senj, as the language of prestige, has not changed too much in spite of some štokavian elements which it has today. It proves once more the results of Milan Moguš's analyses of the Senj idiom.

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