The Bosnian Language- Linguistic Entity and Sociolinguistic Continuity
The Bosnian Language- Linguistic Entity and Sociolinguistic Continuity
Author(s): Alen KalajdžijaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Bošnjačka zajednica kulture "Preporod"
Keywords: Bosnian language; historical foundations; linguistic community; linguistic code; political naming of language; idiomatic well-foundedness
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author is discussing certain linguistic principles and postulates that make relative the existance of the Bosnian language in terms of its special standard of linguistic expression, especially its very name. The paper points to the problems occuring because of these principles, their political nature and a need to confirm, from different linguistic (and non-linguistic) perspectives and valid criteria, the cultural, traditional and lingustic foundations of the Bosnian language.
Journal: Bosnian Studies: Journal for research of Bosnian thought and culture
- Issue Year: 2/2008
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 112-124
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English