PATHS AND SIDETRACKS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Cover Image

PUTEVI I STRANPUTICE SLUŽBENIH JEZIKA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
PATHS AND SIDETRACKS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Emira Mešanović-Meša
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Univerzitet u Zenici
Keywords: nouns; pronouns; adjectives; verbs; conjunctions; prepositions; lexemes; syntagms; dependent interrogative sentences;

Summary/Abstract: The functioning of the three official languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a very interesting model of preparing texts in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, so documents important to the legal system of our country are published so that each has its three very similar versions. This paper will analyze the document entitled Recommendations on the Recognition of Specific Forms of Learning in Bosnian and Serbian or Recommendations on the Recognition of Specific Views of Learning in Croatian, and the aim of the paper is to single out the observed differences between the versions, examine the relationship between the different and equal use of certain linguistic phenomena , and sheds light on the grammatical justification of the differences shown. This would additionally present the entire process of the creation of the three versions of one document, their normative basis and value, and, finally, point out the path and saudetracks that the official languages in BiH have been walking on for about 20 years.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: XXI
  • Page Range: 3-23
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Bosnian