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Title: | Mutual intelligibility between West and South Slavic languages | Contributor(s): | Golubovic, Jelena (author); Gooskens, Charlotte (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1007/s11185-015-9150-9![]() |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19372 | Abstract: | In the present study we tested the level of mutual intelligibility between three West Slavic (Czech, Slovak and Polish) and three South Slavic languages (Croatian, Slovene and Bulgarian). Three different methods were used: a word translation task, a cloze test and a picture task. The results show that in most cases, a division between West and South Slavic languages does exist and that West Slavic languages are more intelligible among speakers of West Slavic languages than among those of South Slavic languages. We found an asymmetry in Croatian-Slovene intelligibility, whereby Slovene speakers can understand written and spoken Croatian better than vice versa. Finally, we compared the three methods and found that the word translation task and the cloze test give very similar results, while the results of the picture task are somewhat unreliable. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Russian Linguistics, 39(3), p. 351-373 | Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1572-8714 0304-3487 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200105 Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication 200103 International and Development Communication 200310 Other European Languages |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470108 Organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication 470104 International and development communication 470319 Other European languages |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 130201 Communication across languages and culture |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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