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PRILOG MODERNIZACIJI CRNOGORSKOG JEZIKA
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE MODERNIZATION OF MONTENEGRIN LANGUAGE

Author(s): Bojan Minić
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: modernization; abbreviations; nouns; adjectives; declination; imperative; contranym;

Summary/Abstract: Montenegrin language is, like most others, changing as time goes, it is adjusting, and, being influenced by social, cultural, political and other factors, it is developing and updating, and this progressive course requires a modern standard, a different approach and overcoming former state, sometimes even changing the rules to the extent that is permitted and needed. This paper will try to help the development of Montenegrin and related languages, trough the five papers about abbreviations, the concept of paranyms (contranyms), nouns, first-person singular imperative form, and the adjectives with -iv/-ljiv ending and their characteristics, structure and declination.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 43-58
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian