The dialects in the region of Debar (Dibra), Republic of Albania, and the Rhodope dialects Cover Image

За Говорите в Дебърско, Република Албания и родопските диалекти
The dialects in the region of Debar (Dibra), Republic of Albania, and the Rhodope dialects

Author(s): Luchia Antonova-Vasileva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: dialectology; linguistic geography; phonetics; vocabulary; Bulgarian dialects
Summary/Abstract: The paper compares characteristic dialect features of the Bulgarian dialects from the Debar (Dibra) region in the Republic of Albania and features of the Rhodope dialects. The aim of the comparison is to clarify the nature of the similar or identical features in the reflexes of the back nasal and back jer vowel in different phonetic and phono-morphological positions. Attention is also paid to the dialect lexeme ушники – ‘earrings’, which shows common lexical features in the considered area.