TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER FOUR
in the lancuac. o~
the text.
The p~esence o~ the p~ince as na~~ato~ is sicnall.d
th~ouChout the text b~ lincuistic ma~k.~s. In S.ob.
the dir.ct sp •• ch of Vuk Isakovi~
is civen in
slaveno~se~bskil in Roman 0 Londonu th.~e are nume~ous
instanc.s in which fo~.icn lancuaces a~e includ.d to
indicate the p~inc.·s voice. Th. p~ince is a Russian
emic~'. livinc in London. and the he~o of a novel
PUblished in Se~bo-C~oat.
As such. the instances in
which Russian is used can safel~
be assumed to indicate
the p~inc.·s voic.. The~e a~e also nume~ous ph~ases in
Se~bo-C~oat which a~. bo~~owincs from Enclish idioms:
the Rjepnins will end up "u oluku" ("in the cutter") and
that happiness is just. "iza 60lka tt ("around the corn.r")
which are not idiomatic in S.rbo-Croat.
Such phras.s
.xp~ess thelincuistic confusion of the "mic~' who has
liv.d man~ ~.ars outside his native enviroment.
refl.ctinc "th. fate of an exile in lincuistic t.rms"
(11.0) • On other occasions Enclish words are m·issp.l t.
Th. Hot.l Savo~ appea~s in two fo~ms on the same pace.
as "Sawov" and ttS.vov" (11.1).
fiteplacinc th.· .. w" for the
ttv" in the f1pst .xampl. is the Pav.rs. of the tvpical
d1fficult~ man~ fituss1ans have in p~onouncinc Ena11sh
"w". oft.n· usina a "v" sOund.
Th. second .xample is a
tp&ns11t.ration of what a fitussian would h.ar 1n th.·
Bnc11sh fta" of Savo~.
The total effect 1s to a1v. the
iapp.sslon o~
a non-natlv. speak.p usina a lanauaa. ln a
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