In this contribution we try to identify a solution to the question of the heterogeneous nature of the colloquial language of Ljubljana on the basis of the speaker’s primary code conception. Presumably, the spoken language variety depends on the communicative situation and social differentials of the speaker (age group, social enviroment, public occupation, language competence, social status). The
principle of situation-determined modification is based on the idea that the degree of local primary code featuresvariesaccording to the different communicative situation: in that way, certain local features of the colloquial language of Ljubljana alternate, to different degrees, with some Central Slovene and spoken literary forms.
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