Romanski utjecaji u govorima Zabiokovlja

The presence of Romanisms in the speech of Middle Dalmatian coast and islands has been extensively analysed in numerous linguistic studies conducted so far. However, the speeches of the Dalmatian hinterland have been less systematically studied. This paper analyses the remains of Romance influences in the large but sparsely populated hinterland of Biokovo area. Since linguistic borrowings are most frequently realised in noun and verb categories, a special attention is given to morphological characteristic of Romance adjectives that have been less frequently studied. The observed corpus has been obtained by excerpting Romanisms from recent lexicographic works. After a description of social and historical background of Biokovo hinterland that led to various Romance influences, a lexicological and etymological analysis of the Romance origin adjectives is given, followed by the analysis of adaptation methods of Romance adjectives borrowings.