Religijsko u Rječniku velikoga i maloga početnoga slova
Religion-Related Entries in Rječnik velikoga i maloga početnog slova (Dictionary of Uppercase and Lowercase Initial Letters)

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the use of uppercase and lowercase letters in religious names. The dictionary of capital and small initial letters published by the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics in 2022 is the reason for this work that is, principally, a criticism of the part of the Dictionary in which the writing of capital and small initial letters in religious names is prescribed. The paper warns that the writing of a lexicographical work requires the cooperation of experts from different professions, which is clearly lacking in this dictionary when it comes to religious terminology. The paper provides a number of useful interpretations, primarily interpretations of what is and what is not a name; what is a proper name as a part of the religious name, what is a common noun or attribute with a general meaning, and it prescribes the use of upper or lower case initial letters in all of the above cases. The paper also draws attention to the changes that religious terminology has undergone and points to the religious terms that have become obsolete.

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