Projects / Programmes
Dialektologija slovenskega jezika (Slovene)
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.05.00 |
Humanities |
Linguistics |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H401 |
Humanities |
Dialectology |
Researchers (7)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Within this programme the research of Slovene dialects have been oriented toward drawing up linguistic atlases (Slovene and international counterparts), glossaries of dialects and monographs dealing with analyses of dialects at all or only individual linguistic levels.
In addition to establishing certain linguistic phenomena, linguistic atlases demonstrate geographical dissemination thereof, which is frequently subject to non-linguistic factors (historical, administrative-political, geographical, etc.), therefore, linguistic charts often shed light also to this type of problems. Relatively high-quality research of phonetic level (at least long vowel system) and consequently the findings dealing with extreme variety of Slovene dialects call for confirmation or rejection also at other linguistic levels. In addition to linguistic atlases, this should be explained by new research at individual or complex linguistic levels of dialect.
Detailed research into the vocabulary of individual local speech patterns draws attention to the fact that despite the sizeable dialectal lexicon in Pleteršnik’s glossary, much is yet unrecorded. Commented text collections are still lacking.
The research programme has thus three basic tasks (contents):
1. To continue working on the Slovene Linguistic Atlas (SLA), i.e. field recording of 30 research net points from the applicable net (406 points); drawing up a sufficient number of phonological descriptions of individual local speech patterns, which is the basis for charting phonetic phenomena, and drawing up a suitable number of word charts accompanied by comments for a trial volume, which is the basis for charting lexicons.
2. Further cooperation, that is carrying out contractual obligations for international linguistic atlases, for the Slavic Linguistic Atlas (OLA) and the European Linguistic Atlas (ALE), which constitute composing and commenting on Slovene material, participating at regular annual working conferences of the International Commissions for OLA and ALE, and, if necessary, provision of additional comments on Slovene materials for individual authors of charts, drawing up individual linguistic charts, the organisation of the regular one-week annual OLA conference in 2000 (approx. 30 participants from abroad), and a four-day ALE conference in 2002 (approx. 20 participants from abroad).
3. Drawing up monographs: a) new researches by the research group participants, mainly
on the basis of the results of their own field work including the analysis of individual local speech patterns or dialects involving several linguistic levels, including those, that is mainly those, that are underrepresented in the SLA materials: toneme studies, morphology, word formation, syntax. Special emphasis will be placed on the collection of dialectal vocabulary and (micro) toponyms (glossaries of dialects, thematic collections), and dialectal texts accompanied by comments; b) Anniversary editions of selected works of important Slovene dialectologists accompanied with introductory studies, word indexes, indexes of content and index of proper nouns.
In the work on linguistic atlases the present volume and card files are in the process of converting into computer data bases of dialectal materials applicable for other research. The tasks include the compilation and organisation of the library of the recorded sound, i.e. field recordings of speakers of dialects.
Significance of the research programme for science in a global sense
Owing to the marginal status deriving from the geographical position
of Slovene dialects, and consequently the archaic level thereof, these dialects are rich in information, at least within the Slavic linguistics, and many times a source for shedding light to many linguistic phenomena. In addition, they are a rich source for etymological, comparative and contrastive studies of Slavic languages and the whole Indo-European language group.
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Most important scientific results
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