ПРИЗРЕНСКО-ЈУЖНОМОРАВСКИ ГОВОРИ КОСОВСКЕ КОТЛИНЕ И КОСОВСКОГ ПОМОРАВЉА – СЛИЧНОСТИ И РАЗЛИКЕ

Abstract

Although the vernaculars of the central and southern parts of the Kosovo basin and the vernacular of Kosovo Pomoravlje are geographically close to each other and belong to the Prizren-South Moravadialect, they differ significantly in terms of the inflection of declinable words – the vernaculars of Kosovo are partly analytic, while the vernaculars of Kosovo Pomoravlje are completely analytic. There are also differences in aorist and imperfect. With regard to the overall structure of their morphology, the vernaculars of Kosovo, Metohija and Sirinić regions form a unique sub-dialect within the Prizren- South Morava dialect. On the other hand, the vernaculars of Kosovo Pomoravlje are close to the ones spoken in the South Morava basin.. Some common features ofthe vernaculars spoken inthe Kosovo Basinand Kosovo Pomoravlje, which are unknown or infrequent in vernaculars of Metohija, testify that the vernaculars of Kosovo Pomoravlje were similar to the ones spoken in the Kosovo basin before large-scale migrations from the south. Here is a list of similarities: a) similar variant of paradigmaticnon-phonological stress; b) more frequent vocalizationof semivowelsthan in Metohija vernaculars; c) substitution of /e/ with /i/ in njigov (vs. njegov in Metohija vernaculars); d) more stable palatality /lj, nj/ vs.partial hardeningin Metohija; e) optional softeningof laterals inclusters /li, le/ vs.consistent softening in Metohija vernaculars; f) suffix -nu (lupnula) vs. -na in Metohija vernaculars; g) unstable vowel in the stem of -e and -i presentforms (berem : berim). vs. stable vowelin Metohija vernaculars; h) reducing the plural form of perfect participle to -li vs. the consistent -le in Metohija vernaculars; i) negative perfecte. g. neјe / niјe došla, neјe / niјe došli, vs. ne došla, ne došle in Metohija vernaculars.