Regionalni jezički imperijalizam i njegove reperkusije na identitarni status i razvoj bosanskog jezika
Regional linguistic imperialism and its repercussions on the identity and development of the Bosnian language

Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts to point out to the problems of preserving the Bosnian linguistic identity in multiplicative relations of linguistic standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the context of the Central South South Slavic language system. It is a well-known fact that the Bosnian language is in a specific correlation with other and similar Central South Slavic languages, which is why there is a noticeable tendency of influence of Croatian and Serbian language on the Bosnian language, which stems from its subordinated position within the framework of the South Slavic unity that marked almost the entire 20th century. However, benign and malignant influences continued after the reaffirmation of the Bosnian language, both because of the systematic implementation of linguistic imperialism and because of the autocolonizing processes established in the Bosnian language community. The reasons for this state of affairs are long-lasting and are a product of the complexity of socio-political relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are a number of factors that affect such a situation and we will try to explain them in the paper. The aim of the paper is to point out to the complexity of the aforementioned phenomenon, its causes, consequences and repercussions in the sphere of preserving the Bosnian linguistic identity.

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