Researching local Štokavian dialects of the Zadar area in the 21st century

Dijalekatno stanje zadarskoga područja iznimno je zanimljivo jer se na relativno malenu području oko samoga grada Zadra, koje je kopneno i otočno, govori četirima dijalektima – dvama štokavskima: zapadnim (novoštokavskim ikavskim) i istočnohercegovačko-krajiškim (novoštokavskim jekavskim), i dvama čakavskima: srednjočakavskim (ikavsko-ekavskim) i južnočakavskim (ikavskim). U ovome se radu1 daje pregled i, po potrebi, kratka ocjena recentnih istraživanja štokavskih govora zadarskoga područja, odnosno rječnika i članaka koji se njima bave. Na kraju rada navedeni su zadatci koje dijalektolozi trebaju izvršiti da bi se upotpunila slika dijalekatnoga stanja zadarskoga područja.The dialect situation of the Zadar area is extremely interesting because four different dialects are spoken within a very small territory around the city, including the islands. Two of these dialects belong to the Štokavian group (Western Neo-Štokavian Ikavian and Eastern-Herzegovinian Neo-Štokavian Jekavian) while two belong to the Čakavian group (Central Čakavian Ikavian-Ekavian and South Čakavian Ikavian). This paper provides an overview and, when necessary, an evaluation of recent research on the Štokavian dialects in the Zadar area, i.e., of the relevant dictionaries and articles. The last section of the paper lists the research tasks still to be accomplished if the picture of the Zadar dialect situation is to be complete