Open AccessThoughts on Older Romance Elements in Slovenian and Other South Slavic Languages (Part 1)
Author(s) -
Agata Šega
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jezikoslovni zapiski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.265
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1581-1255
pISSN - 0354-0448
DOI - 10.3986/jz.v18i1.2343
Subject(s) - romance , slavic languages , romance languages , croatian , vocabulary , linguistics , history , literature , classics , art , philosophy
This article compares the features of older Romance elements in Slovenian with the features of loans of the same kind in other South Slavic languages. In the first part the author examines vocabulary borrowed into Slovenian and Croatian before the twelfth century, paying special attention to the criteria for differentiating between true and apparent older Romance elements.