HRVATSKI JEZIKOSLOVAC POP ŠIME STARČEVIĆ
CROATIAN PHILOLOGIST PRIEST ŠIME STARČEVIĆ

Summary/Abstract: The author observes the work of priest Šime Starčević in regard with his point of view on standard Croatian language and Croatian Latin spelling. Šime Starčević's standpoint was outlined in his grammar book (Nova ričoslovica ilirička), published in 1812 and also in the newspapers published at Zadar, Zora dalmatinska and Glasnik dalmatinski. To be noted Starčević-s consistency in ortographic and linguistic questions and his relying on štokavian-ikavian common people speech, then Croatian štokavian-ikavian standard language tradition and on Slavonian graphy. It has been specially pointed auth that Šime Starčević was the first Croatian philologist who has exactly described the four Croatian new štokavian accents. At the end, the author tries to make estimation of the cultural and historical dimension of Starčević's linguistic and graphic views either as regards the Croatian national reformation (the Illyrian Movement) or present-day situation in standard Croatian language.

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