MARIJANA ŠUNJIĆ’S LINGUISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND FEATURES OF HIS LANGUAGE Cover Image

JEZIKOSLOVNI PRINOSI MARIJANA ŠUNJIĆA I OSOBITOSTI NJEGOVA JEZIKA
MARIJANA ŠUNJIĆ’S LINGUISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND FEATURES OF HIS LANGUAGE

Author(s): Marija Vasilj, Šimun Musa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Matica hrvatska Mostar
Keywords: language; orthography; stress; vocals; consonants; ilirism; revival

Summary/Abstract: The article speaks about work of Marijan Šunjić, one of prominent Franciscans from Silver Bosnia in the 19th century, as an extraordinary contribution to the Croatian national- revival movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in the linguistic area. It deals with Šunjić’s linguistic solutions (alphabet, orthography, vocals, consonants, stresses), in which he had Gaj’s support. In the end it discusses characteristics of the language which he used.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 11-12
  • Page Range: 192-208
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Croatian