Adjectives of Romance origin in the speech of the Biokovo Mountain hinterland

Zastupljenost romanizama u govorima srednjodalmatinskoga priobalja i otoka opširno je i bogato analizirana u dosadašnjim jezikoslovnim istraživanjima. Manje su, i ne baš sustavno, istraženi govori unutrašnjega dijela srednje Dalmacije. U radu se opisuju ostatci romanskoga utjecaja na prostorno velikom, a danas slabo naseljenom zabiokovskom arealu. Budući da se jezično posuđivanje najčešće ostvaruje u kategorijama imenica i glagola, posebna se pozornost posvećuje morfološkoj osobitosti pridjeva romanskoga podrijetla kao slabije proučavanoj gramatičkoj kategoriji. Promatrani korpus dobiven je ekscerpiranjem romanizama iz recentnih dijalekatnih leksikografskih djela. Nakon opisa društveno-povijesnoga okvira Zabiokovlja, koji je i doveo do različitih romanskih utjecaja, prikazuje se leksikološka i etimološka obrada pridjeva romanskoga podrijetla te se analiziraju načini adaptacije romanskih pridjevskih posuđenica u govorima Zabiokovlja.Numerous linguistic studies have attempted to analyze the presence of Romanisms in the dialect of the central Dalmatian Coast. However, the speech used in the surrounding area (the Dalmatian hinterland) has been less extensively researched and studied. This paper analyses the remnants of Romance influences in the large yet sparsely populated area surrounding Biokovo. In light of the fact that linguistic borrowings are mostly evident in noun and verb categories, this paper pays particular attention to the morphological characteristics of Romance adjectives, since less research has been carried out in this specific area. The observed corpus was obtained by extracting Romanisms from recent lexicographic works. An overview of the social and historical background of the Biokovo area is provided, which explains how the Romance influences came to be. A lexicographical and etymological analysis of adjectives of Romance origin is provided, followed by an examination of the adaptation of these adjectives