The Globalization challenge and the Standard Croatian Cover Image

Izazovi globalizacije i hrvatski jezični standard
The Globalization challenge and the Standard Croatian

Author(s): August Kovačec
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Croatian Literature, South Slavic Languages, Philology, Globalization
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Globalization challenge; Standard Croatian; Linguistics;

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the position of the Standard Croatian in the globalization conditions. He points out that Croatian has been standardized for over a century according to very clear principles of normalization, that it is autonomous, poli-functional and stable. It is also specific in that it had no stare support but it was formed by the will and efforts of its users and creative writers.

  • Issue Year: 51/2004
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 60-66
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Croatian