Abstract
The article examines the linguistic features of the speech of the characters in the comedy “Zla žena” by Jovan Sterija Popovich in order to determine the role of language in the individualization of characters of different social status and different human natures. The analysis of phonetic, morphological and syntactical linguistic features was carried out, indicating that all the characters speak mainly the Smederevo-Vršac dialect with a lot of features of Banat speech. Lexical analysis (lexico-semantic and etymological) has shown that representatives of the higher and middle social level use Slavonic-Serbian language to a lesser extent, as well as borrowings of various origins (Turcisms, Romanisms, Germanisms, Hungarisms, Grecisms). The speech of the main character Sultana “evil women” is dominated by expressive ones, while Sreta, the shoemaker uses shoemaker’s terms in his speech. That makes the characters both of them more convincing.
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