How to recognize Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian and Serbian standard language Cover Image

Kako prepoznati bosanski, crnogorski, hrvatski i srpski standardni jezik?
How to recognize Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian and Serbian standard language

Author(s): Zenaida Karavdić
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Bosnian; Montenegrin; Croatian; Serbian; standard language; norm; normative differences;

Summary/Abstract: The Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian and Serbian standard language as their base have Štokavian dialect and therefore have a lot of similarities. However, as they spread in different territories, and the history of their development is different, one can also find significant differences. In all these similarities and differences, there are certain spelling, grammatical, constructive rules, as well as lexicon, that can be used to identify one of these four standard language. The intention of this text is to help librarians with identification of standard language of some text and contains the most important rules and lexicon that can be used in that purpose.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 34-46
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian