Observations on Historical Terminology: Grotte and Höhle in German Texts

Avtor govori o zgodovini terminologije za jame (Grotte, Hohle), ki so jo uporabljali nemsko govoreci pisci in raziskovalci v avstrogrskem casu, s posebnim poudarkom na etimologiji izrazov Grotte in Hohle. Sklene, da ni razlike med njima, ne s speleoloskega in ne z jezikoslovnega vidika. Socasna raba obeh izrazov v omenjenem obdobju je bila odvisna od jezikovnih okoliscin in vpliva italijanscine (dvojezicno ali celo trojezicno okolje) na klasicnem Krasu. The author treats the historical terminology for caves (Grotte, Hohle) used by German speaking authors and explorers in the Austro-Hungarian period with special emphasis on the etymology of the terms Grotte and Hohle, coming to the conclusion that those terms do not indicate a difference either from the speleological point of view or the linguistic one. The contemporary use of Grotte and Hohle in the Austro-Hungarian period is determined by linguistic conditions and influence of the Italian (bilingual or even trilingual situation) in the classical Karst region.