Phonological Characteristics of Speech of Šemnica Gornja

Abstract

In this paper, after a short illustration of the geographical position of the village of Šemnica Gornja, the author will present the phonological characteristics of the village on the basis of his fieldwork and available literature. Accentuation will be described as well as the differences from basic kajkavian accentuation. The author will also present the characteristics of the vowel and consonant system.

Keywords

• Šemnica Gornja
• speech
• prosody
• vocalism
• consonantism