Traces of interlingual contacts in Prekmurje agricultural terminology

Abstract

This paper presents Prekmurje dialect vocabulary in the field of agriculture. The Slovene language has for centuries been developing at the crossroads of the three largest European language areas; consequently, the variety of Romance, Germanic and general Slavic elements based on the native ProtoSlavic vocabulary is clearly reflected in the Pannonian dialeetal vocabulary. We can notice that Prekmurje dialect expressions in the field of agrieulture and other areas related to rural life stili constitute a rich native Slavic substratum, as loanwords entail merely 20 % of the vocabulary. Owing to the constantly changing situation (technical innovation, exchange of tools, new farming methods), however, the ancient and even general Slavic terminology related to farming is gradually disappearing from use in the middle generation of speakers and is praetically unknown to the younger generation, Recent vocabulary established in accordance with the Slovene word-formation rules often adopts the already existing loanwords (e.g.,freza, kombajn).

Keywords

dialektologija;prekmursko narečje;strokovna terminologija;narečna strokovna terminologija;kmetijska terminologija;medjezikovni stiki;ne zaključna dela;

Data

Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2010
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
UDC:	811.163.6'282(497.4-18Prekmurje)
COBISS:	17428232
ISSN:	Y506-6816
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary abstract:	This paper presents Prekmurje dialect vocabulary in the field of agriculture. The Slovene language has for centuries been developing at the crossroads of the three largest European language areas; consequently, the variety of Romance, Germanic and general Slavic elements based on the native ProtoSlavic vocabulary is clearly reflected in the Pannonian dialeetal vocabulary. We can notice that Prekmurje dialect expressions in the field of agrieulture and other areas related to rural life stili constitute a rich native Slavic substratum, as loanwords entail merely 20 % of the vocabulary. Owing to the constantly changing situation (technical innovation, exchange of tools, new farming methods), however, the ancient and even general Slavic terminology related to farming is gradually disappearing from use in the middle generation of speakers and is praetically unknown to the younger generation, Recent vocabulary established in accordance with the Slovene word-formation rules often adopts the already existing loanwords (e.g.,freza, kombajn).
Secondary keywords:	dialectology;Prekmurje dialects;dialectal terminology;agricultural terminology;loanwords;interlingual contacts;Dialektologija;Prekmurščina;Terminologija;Kmetijstvo;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 47-66
Issue:	4
Chronology:	2010
ID:	8723832