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Jezična politika kao razgradnja hrvatskih jezičnih norma
Language Policy as the Deconstruction of Croatian Language Standards

Author(s): Nataša Bašić
Subject(s): Lexis, Croatian Literature, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Language Policy; Deconstruction; Croatian Language Standards;

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses lexicographic procedures in the deconstruction of Croatian lexical norms in Vladimir Anić’s Dictionary of the Croatian Language (1st – 4th edition). The author of the paper analyzes the system of determinants and definitions in which the inherited Croatian lexicon is disqualified, and words from the standard Serbian language are introduced by means of the determinants belonging to colloquial, expressive or literary style.

  • Issue Year: 52/2005
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-21
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Croatian