DIJALEKTIZMI KAO STILSKO OBELEŽJE RŠUMOVIĆEVE PROZE „TRI ČVORA NA TREPAVICI“

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to analyze the dialectic level of the collection of short stories Tri čvora na trepavici – Sećanje na krilato detinjstvo by Ljubivoje Ršumović. Our primary interest lies in the way the idiomatic characteristics of this work, written in the Shtokavian dialect, are manifested through the speech of its protagonists. We have singled out, classified and analyzed phonetic-phonological, morphological and syntactic dialectisms. As the most significant phonetic-phonological dialectisms, we present the Jekavian replacement of the former vowel jat, eliminating vowels from the initial and final position, unstable consonants h and f, as well as the phoneme v in an intervocalic position. On the morphological level, we have noticed suffixes of the archaic hard base in the declension of pronouns and adjectives, the change of the onomastic-hypocoristic model such as Jovo–Jova–Jovu/Jovov; as well as the regular occurrence of the infinitive in its full form. The most significant syntactic characteristics on a dialectic level are seen in the usage of verb forms, namely those for expressing the past. The dialect which the characters of this book use belongs to the southern regions of the Shtokavian dialect and as such fits into the areal of the Eastern Herzegovinian dialect. Keeping in mind that dialectisms in the characters’ speech of the novel are only one of the examples of characterization, they prove to be a strong stylistic feature. By using them, Ršumović brings to life his forgotten childhood heroes, presenting them to the contemporary readers and introducing them to a past world.