Bilingualism in the Bosniak Literary Tradition
Bilingualism in the Bosniak Literary Tradition
Author(s): Ismet BušatlićSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: bilingualism; Arabic language; Turkish language; Hasan Kafi Pruščak; Abdullah Bošnjak; Mesnefi-efendi Kninjanin; Mehmet Teufikefendi Azabegović; Hilmi-efendi Taslidžak
Summary/Abstract: The text entitled Bilingualism in the Bosniak Literary Tradition explores an interesting and frequent phenomenon among the writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (from Hasan Kafi Pruščak, Abdullah Bošnjak and Mesnefiefendi Kninjanin, to Mehmet Teufik-efendi Azabegović and Hilmi-efendi Taslidžak) to write some of their works in Arabic or Turkish language only to later translate them, at the request of their students, intellectuals belonging to another language area or representatives of authority, into the wanted language variant.
Journal: Znakovi vremena - Časopis za filozofiju, religiju, znanost i društvenu praksu
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 60
- Page Range: 249-255
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English