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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<s.tarasovas@...> wrote:
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>
> While we are on that, could anybody recommend a good book on
> Croatian/Serbian dialectology (a systematic comparative description
> with at least elements of historical phonology)? The language
doesn't
> matter much.
That is a big problem.
Ivic's books of the fifties (the Serbian variant of 1956 en the
German variant of 1958) are both still very worth while. They are
different books and one does well to study them both. The Serbian
version was reprinted in the eighties. On Torlak, Ronelle Alexander's
book should definitely be consulted.
Unfortunately the western dialect groups have been less adequately
served, particularly C^akavian.
My own little introduction to North West C^akavian (SSGL 2, 1982) is
a beginner's work, although perhaps better than nothing. In my view
there is nothing that could be recommended with a clear conscience
about Central C^akavian and South East C^akavian. (Sorry for using my
own classification, I'm not aware of any other.)
Mijo Lonc^aric/'s book on Kajkavian (1996) is very informative.
I agree with Mate that the Brozovic/Ivic coproduction of 1988 is very
important, though too brief.
Willem