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Variation in Croatian : the verbal behaviour of rural speakers in an urban speech community

This paper's objectives are to acquire general insight into the verbal behaviour (VB) of young speakers from the rural (island, coast, and hinterland) areas surrounding the Croatian coastal town of Zadar by examining the reported use of spoken and written codes as well as the social indexicalities of different varieties. The hypothesis is that, while socializing and communicating with speakers of urban varieties, speakers of less dominant (i.e. rural Čakavian or Neo-Štokavian) varieties tend to accommodate and converge linguistically as a consequence of their language attitudes and stereotypes. The analysis is based on a survey conducted among students at the University of Zadar which asked questions about their local identity and about their VB in certain formal or informal situations and domains. My research reveals that rural speakers (RS) generally accommodate, that island and coastal RSs accommodate more than hinterland speakers, and that women generally accommodate more than men.

Croatian ; Čakavian ; Štokavian ; Neo-Štokavian ; Dalmatian regional koine, rural vs. urban, stereotypes ; linguistic accommodation ; identity ; verbal behaviour

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