Speech in Jurkovo Selo in Žumberak

Abstract

The paper deals with the phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the speech of Jurkovo Selo (Žumberak), an immigrant ikavian-ekavian čakavian speech. Although it does not possess the pronoun ča in independent use, the speech contains the majority of basic čakavian characteristics. Still, in some ele ments the stability of the system has in some elements been disrupted – which is shown by the coexistance of dual forms in prosody and morphology. The vocabulary is, among other things, characterized by a larger number of Germanisms, which is to be expected in the Žumberak area.

Keywords

• Jurkovo Selo
• Žumberak
• phonology
• morphology
• vocabulary
• ikavian-ekavian čakavian speech