Languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Autoexistence and/or Coexistence Cover Image

Jezici u Bosni i Hercegovini - autoegzistencija i/li koegzistencija
Languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Autoexistence and/or Coexistence

Author(s): Branko Tošović
Subject(s): Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: Bosnian; Croatian; Serbian language; intercorrelational; supracorrelational; supercorrelational; extracorrelational; norming;

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the origin of correlational languages such as those spoken in Bosnia and Hercegovina.-Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. All three languages have separate spelling, grammatical and lexical norms while it cannot be denied that the typological system of one language has been standardized under three different names. The most important point of the process of classification is the politics, aiming the affirmation of a nation, while the communicative functions are socondary. In predicting the future language and simulation processes and interlingual correlation in BiH is very important to take into account the extralinguistic factors, and, above all, political situation since it plays a very important role in the fact whether the linguistic processes would be the diverging or convergeging. The author believes that the reasonable solutions can come to Bosnia only when passions simmer down, disappear mutual frustration, distrust and the imposition of any kind. For something like that requires a high degree of tolerance, mutual respect and which is particularly important: finding a rational solution, reasonable roads.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 7-24
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian