Use of dual in standard Slovene, colloquial Slovene and Slovene dialects
The dual is a grammatical expression of number in some languages (e.g. Slovene, Sorbian or Modern Standard Arabic) that denotes two persons or objects. In modern Indo-European languages, the dual is an archaism and one that has been preserved only in a ...
Tjaša Jakop
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The “Magnet Effect” – A Powerful Source of L1 Dialect Interference in the Pronunciation of English as a Foreign Language [PDF]
Wieden and Nemser (1991) carried out a study investigating the development of pronunciation of English as a foreign language in Austria. One of the main issues in this research was L1 dialect interference.
Klementina Jurančič Petek
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Word Borrowing in Slovene Dialects in the Semantic Fields ‘Human Body’, ‘Relatives’ and ‘Friends’ [PDF]
This paper examines the proportion between borrowed and non-borrowed words in Slovene dialects. The vocabulary is presented through linguistic geography, while lexical maps of Slovene dialect vocabulary from the semantic fields of 1) ‘human body’, 2 ...
Tjaša Jakop
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On the use of the gerund in –č in the Slovene dialects contiguous with friulian*
With the following observations on the use of present gerunds in Slovene, promp ted by Jan Baudouin de Courtenay's Dictionary of the Ter Dialect (BdC Mss), and by Stanko Škerlj' s Syntaxe du participe présent et du rondif en vieil italien (Škerlj 1926),
Rado L. Lencek
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The results of the analysis of dialectal inflectional patterns show the differences between dialects and standard language only in individual endings. The old forms, palatalized and non-palatalized bases are maintained, the endings generalized for all ...
Zinka Zorko
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On the Origin of Trbiž, Ancient *Taruisia/-um [PDF]
The article deals with the etymology of the Slovene place-name Trbiž (standard Slovene form), relating to a small settlement in the Canal Valley (Val Canale, North-Eastern Italy) in a traditionally multilingual area with people speaking Slovene, Friulian
Luka Repanšek
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Discursive practices and metalinguistic comments in the speech of representatives of national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (The case of Slavic communities in the Republic of Srpska) [PDF]
The paper discusses the typology of metalinguistic comments in the speech of representatives of the Slavic minority communities residing in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Borisov Sergey A., Pilipenko Gleb P.
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Communication skills in tourism studies curricula in Slovenia: The case of the Slovene language skills of tourism students [PDF]
This paper examines communication skills of tourism students in Slovenia. Besides rhetoric skills and speaking foreign languages, for tourism students, mastering their mother language is significant.
Potočnik-Topler Jasna
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The Language Situation among the Italian Community of Koper (Slovenia): Field Study Data
This paper discusses the current language situation among the Italian minority in Slovenian Primorje in Koper. During the fi eld research conducted by the authors’ team, narratives in Italian were recorded from informants. Using discursive and structural-
Alexander Pivovarenko, Gleb Pilipenko
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The methodology of identification of the different strata of recent Romanisms in Slovene
The article discusses the methodology of differentiation between the different strata of Romanisms in Slovene. Younger Romanisms in Slovene originate from one of the Young Romance idioms in contact with Slovene, i.e.
Matej Šekli
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