Speech of Croatian emigrants in the overseas countries and countries of Western Europe: The level of research attained
Speech of Croatian emigrants in the overseas countries and countries of Western Europe: The level of research attained

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses publications of foreign and domestic Slavists about the speech of Croatian emigrants in the overseas countries (United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) and in countries of Western Europe. The publications are shown according to chronological principle and are grouped according to the common corpus of research. They are further analysed from either a sociolinguistic or purely linguistic approach depending on their theme, and most often as influence of the majority language of the country of immigration onto the grammatical structure of the native Croatian language in the works on record. In order to show the attainments of research, the publications are also analysed in relation to the country of immigration. The analysis has established guidelines for necessary future research. The article has an annexed bibliography of domestic and foreign publications.

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