Katekizamska literatura 18. stoljeća i normiranje nazivlja
Catechism Literature 18th Century and Lexical Norm in Names

Summary/Abstract: The historical development of the Croatian language during the 18th century is the most interesting period in terms of language standardization. Numerous experts and standardologists of the Croatian language debate on this topic from many different points of view and interpret differently the beginning of standardization of the Croatian language. Some consider it to be the middle of the 18th century (Brozović), others place it at the beginning of the 17th century (Oczkowa). Literary works such as catechisms reflect changes in the historical development of the Croatian language. So far, they have not been sufficiently researched from a linguistic standpoint. The usage of catechisms as Catholic literature and their use and printing in major publications during the 18th and 19th centuries in areas where Croatian was read (including Bosnia and Herzegovina) testify to their readability and popularity, and this also reflected the use of some catechisms printed in the 18th century which were read in schools until the end of the 19th century (Babuša). It is also interesting that catechisms written in Croatian with the dominance of one of the spoken idioms were read and used in schools dominated by another Croatian idiom. Some linguistic studies on catechisms suggest that some were written with a dialectic idiom (Moguš, Kolenić). This points to a certain role of catechisms in Croatian literature, and then to the historical development of the Croatian language in the prestandard period in relation to the norm and normization of the Croatian terminology. The example of three names (sobstvo, zlamenje, ponukovati) shows how one can prove a lexical norm in a historical context.

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