The Accentuation of i-Presentia in the Local Dialect of Medulin

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to analyse the accentuation of i-presentia in the local dialect of Medulin (near Pula, Croatia) both synchronically and diachronically. The material has been obtained by interview with a native speaker as well as from the dictionary Rječnik medulinskoga govora (see bibliography). The verbs have been classified according to their accentual paradigm (A, B or C) and other features, such as length of the stem vowel, the infinitive stem formative (-i- or -ě-) et al. The comparison of the present-day and the putative Common Slavic situations has demonstrated that the development of the accentuation of this verb type in the Medulin dialect corresponds greatly to the one observed in the majority of Čakavian and Štokavian dialects.

Keywords

• i-verbs
• ě-verbs
• accent(uation)
• accentual paradigm
• Common Slav(on)ic
• Čakavian Southwest Istrian dialects Medulin