Dialectology of the Montenegrin Language

by Adnan Cirgic, Marc L. Greenberg (Foreword by), Goran Drincic (Translator)

Overview

Montenegrin dialects have long been treated as part of the Serbian or Serbo-Croatian language in traditionalist dialectology. Even though they are among the best studied dialects of Slavic languages, this is the first monograph offering a synthesis of Montenegrin dialects. In Dialectology of the Montenegrin Language, Adnan Čirgić addresses them as a compact unit, mostly corresponding to Montenegrin state borders, with isoglosses that cross those borders—much like the behavior of dialects in general. Čirgić brings a different approach to classifying Montenegrin dialects, free from the ideological shackles imposed by unitarian language policy in the former Yugoslav federation, which included Montenegro as one of its constituent members. In addition to classifying Montenegrin dialects and summarizing features of individual dialects and speech groups, this book also presents a comprehensive history of research on those dialects since the nineteenth century, along with an exhaustive dialectological bibliography of Montenegro.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781793636379
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	12/10/2020
Series:	Studies in Slavic, Baltic, and Eastern European Languages and Cultures
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	134
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Adnan Čirgić is dean of the Faculty of Montenegrin Language and Literature.

Table of Contents

Contents

Editor's Preface

Author's Preface

List of Abbreviations

History of Studying of Montenegrin Dialects

On Previous Classifications of Montenegrin Dialects

Issue of Classification of Montenegrin Dialects

Accentual System of Montenegrin Dialects

Jat Alternants in Montenegrin Dialects

The Issue of Semivowel in Montenegrin Dialects

The Issue of Vowel Group AO in Montenegrin Dialects

Main Features of Individual Speech Groups in Montenegro

Northwestern Montenegrin Dialects

Southeastern Montenegrin Dialects

Summary Bibliography

Subject Index

Index of Names

Index of Word Forms

Editorial Reviews

Čirgić’s book brings the first comprehensive view of the dialect situation in Montenegro, with implications for contiguous dialects, to a broad international audience, now mediated through English. The rich Montenegrin dialect refugium is a boon to language variationists and Slavic accentologists. The author contextualizes the study of Montenegrin dialects, which helps researchers to navigate the complex literature and previous descriptive treatments of the region that have been produced over the course of more than a century. As such, this book is a significant milestone in the post-Yugoslav study of South Slavic dialectology.”

Joseph Schallert

Čirgić’s monograph on the Štokavian dialects of Montenegro provides a modern and up-to-date overview of the kind one very rarely encounters in English. Montenegrin dialects represent one of the marginal dialect areas of Slavic, encompassing both remarkable archaisms and fascinating innovations. The book, authored by a leading expert in the field, will be of great interest to Slavists, as well as to dialectologists, phonologists, and historical linguists in general.”

Mate Kapovic

Čirgić’s monograph on the Štokavian dialects of Montenegro provides a modern and up-to-date overview of the kind one very rarely encounters in English. Montenegrin dialects represent one of the marginal dialect areas of Slavic, encompassing both remarkable archaisms and fascinating innovations. The book, authored by a leading expert in the field, will be of great interest to Slavists, as well as to dialectologists, phonologists, and historical linguists in general.

Mate Kapović