Derivatives with the -ānka suffix as a mirror of cultural development
The paper analyses the etymology, time of origin, derivational categories and derivational types of derivatives with the -ānka suffix, their number, functions and status in the former and contemporary Serbian language. It is ascertained that they predominantly originated in the late 18th an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for the Serbian Language, Belgrade
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Južnoslovenski Filolog |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-185X/2020/0350-185X2001057M.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper analyses the etymology, time of origin, derivational categories and
derivational types of derivatives with the -ānka suffix, their number,
functions and status in the former and contemporary Serbian language. It is
ascertained that they predominantly originated in the late 18th and 19th
centuries, that they are a reflection of the social and cultural progress
of the Serbs in various areas of material and nonmaterial culture, and that
the derivational types involving this suffix were especially productive in
the (pre-)Romantic poetic language. The paper also points to the partial
productivity of this suffix in contemporary Serbian, its inclination
towards terminologisation, as well as to the fact that some derivatives have
been relegated to the sphere of archaisms and historicisms. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-185X 2406-0763 |