Language Use in Different Editions of Sarajlić’s Cover Image

Jezički uzusi u različitim izdanjima Sarajlićeve pripovijesti Razija
Language Use in Different Editions of Sarajlić’s

Author(s): Vedad Mulavdić
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature
Published by: Slavistički komitet BiH
Keywords: novelette; Šemsudin Sarajlić; editions; language; orthography; literary language;

Summary/Abstract: Novelette Razija Šemsudin Sarajlić’s novelette Razija is one of the most significant works of Bosniak literature in the Austrian-Hungarian period. The narrative has had three different editions so far: 1906/07, 1908 and 1997. The texts analysis has shown different language tendencies concerning various orthographic solutions which are mainly conditioned by non-linguistic factors. The choice of ortographic solutions is the result of political circumstances of the time. In spite of that, certain Bosnian language characteristics have been preserved in the language of the text, which fit into the overall picture of the development of the Bosnian literary-linguistics expression in the period of AustrianHungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This once again confirms the tendency to unify and stabilize literary-linguistics expression at the beginning of the 20th century in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Issue Year: III/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-57
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Bosnian