This 5th volume of the Thesaurus der slowenischen Volkssprache in Karnten (I-Ka) (Thesaurus of the Slowenian Vernacular Language in Carinthia) follows the four volumes published to date, (Vol. 1 A-B; Vol. 2 C-dn; Vol. 3 do-F; and Vol. 4 G-H). The work offers Carinthian linguistic material that has been dealt with diatopically, diastratically and diaphasically, and that has been systematized based on linguistic geography and morphology. The linguistic material has been summarized in lemmas and referenced according to distinguishing features, derivations and synonyms. This has been augmented through individual field research and the researchers' linguistic competence. Offered in this connection are, above all, the lexical-semantic criteria of 1-5 important results concerning the spread of keywords, as well as the different levels of lexical borrowings. This is the first thesaurus dealing with the linguistic environment of a Slavic language determined by its symbiosis with a German lingua franca. The material is self-contained and encompasses dialectologic and ethnological contributions, including masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from the beginnings of dialectology in the middle of the 19th century until the end of 1970s.
