title: Continuity and change reflected in synchronic and diachronic linguistic variation of Middle Dalmatia.
abstract: The present paper analyses the geographical patterning of the two main dialects of the Croatian language in contemporary Middle Dalmatia, using language data as an indicator of population change by migration, with its wider cultural implications based on acculturation processes. It is shown that the synchronic evidence of the dialect and sub-dialect patterns of this area reflects more extensive interrelationships between different cultural substrata in terms of both little (local) and great (Islamic and Latin) traditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sujoldzić
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D014171:Transients and Migrants