Slavenizmi u "Žitiju svjatago i pravednago Josifa prekrasnago" Vikentija Rakića

Abstract

The paper analyzes the share of Slavisms in the Vikentije Rakić’s poem Житије свјатаго и праведнаго Јосифа прекраснаго by providing their classification. The main goal of the conducted research is to describe the Slavisms recorded in the aforementioned literary work. Although the basis of this poem is the Serbian vernacular, the presence of Slavisms is still expected, since Rakić belonged to the clergy, whose representatives, in addition to the vernacular, had to know the liturgical language. Using qualitative methodology, all ofthe excerpted instances were analyzed from the phonetic and morphological aspect.