O Guberininima pogledima na hrvatsko-srpske jezične razlike
On Guberina's Views of Croatian-Serbian Linguistic Differences

Summary/Abstract: The author comments on Guberina's study » Why Is It Possible to Speak of a Separate Croatian Language?«. In doing so, he emphasizes the importance of Guberina's application of structuralist ideas to a Croatian linguistic issue. At the time, these ideas were both a novelty and highly significant in the field of Croatian Studies. They included the distinction of synchrony and diachrony, of the contemporary and the past states of the standard language; the differentiation between the dialects and the standard language, between the stylistically marked and unmarked. It was only through such an approach that a clear perception and description of differences between Standard Croatian and Standard Serbian becomes possible. The author also comments on some weaker aspects of Guberina's study, but they are negligible compared to its virtues that have admirably stood the test of time.

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