Starčevićeva Ričoslovnica - 190 godina poslije
Ričoslovnica by Š. Starčević - 190 Years Later
Author(s): Branka TafraSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Croatian Literature, South Slavic Languages, 19th Century, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Ričoslovnica; Š. Starčević; 190 Years Later; Croatian language;
Summary/Abstract: Nova ričoslovnica ilirička ( 1812) by Šime Starčević is the first Croatian grammar written in the Croatian language. The author in this paper analyses the description of the neoštokavian stress, gender category, the category of definitness/indefinitness, collective nouns and language purism. The author concludes that Starčević 's work is a unique and unsurpassed contribution to Croatian linguistics.
Journal: Jezik: časopis za kulturu hrvatskoga književnog jezika
- Issue Year: 49/2002
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 165-175
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Croatian