Genetskolingvistički i sociolingvistički kriteriji u sistematizaciji južnoslavenskih idioma, s posebnim obzirom na Bosnu i Hercegovinu
Genetic and Sociolinguistic Criteria in the Classification of the South-Slavonic ldioms with Special Reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: According to genetic criteria languages and dialects are classified according to the degree of their kinship i. e. to their presumed closer or more distant origin. Sociolinguistics, however, recognizes only the standard languages, and. consequently. if a certain language variety carries out all standard language functions, sociolinguistics accepts it as such. The standard languages of the Bosniacs, Croats, Montenegrins and Serbs have approximately the same genetic (i. e. dialectal ) basis, but they function independently as standard languages of the corresponding peoples. The genetic kinship of the Croatian and Bosniac dialects in Bosnia and Herzegovina need not be ignored as it does not endanger the independence of the Bosniac standard language.

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