Some dialect characteristics in selected local Slovenian dialect texts of the Littoral and Lower Carniolan dialect groups

Abstract

This article uses texts about spring chores to present selected local dialects of the Littoral dialect (Sovodnje, Karst dialect; Lokev, Inner Carniolan dialect) and the Lower Carniolan dialect group (Borovnica and Ambrus, Lower Carniolan dialect; Globočdol and Šentrupert, Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect). Dialect consonant features, special morphological features, and interesting lexemes are examined synchronically and compared with standard Slovenian.