О СЛАВЕНОСРПСКОМ ЈЕЗИКУ КАО ФЕНОМЕНУ ЈЕЗИЧКЕ УПОТРЕБЕ СРПСКОГ XVIII ВЕКА
On Slavonic-Serbian Language as A Phenomenon of The Serbian 18th Century Language Use

Summary/Abstract: The Slavоnic Serbian language, as a part of the 18th century, is unfortunately a very much neglected Serbian language history topic. Due to the current language situation (specifically, the existence of modern Serbian as an operational and standardized literary language) and the mentioned insufficient research, Slavonic Serbian is mostly understood as a kind of transitional language form, with all the negative aspects that this brings. The most significant negative aspect is the tendency to neglect the fact of its great cultural and historical value, as well as the once very widespread use. Slavonic Serbian was not only an important part of the Serbian culture, which portrayed the spirit of the Enlightenment era in which it existed, but it was, until the last moment, a candidate for the standardization of the literary language among Serbs. This paper will thus try to define the notion of the Slavonic Serbian language (temporally and territorially, but also in the context of literary theory, i.e. as one of the Serbian literature epochs) and to address the most important issues related to this term.

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