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Deklaracija - međaš dvaju razdoblja
A Milestone Declaration

Author(s): Stjepan Babić
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: A Milestone Declaration; Croatian language; Linguistics; Philology; Literature;

Summary/Abstract: The Declaration on the name and status of the Croatian language, adopted in 1967 by eighteen Croatian scientific and cultural institution, meant a break with linguistic unitarianism aimed at merging two separate languages. Croatian and Serbian, into one - Serbo-Croatian - in fact. Serbian. The Declaration was a ringing NO from the Croatian side to the unitarian efforts of previous periods, which makes it a milestone in the history of Standard Croatian.

  • Issue Year: 44/1996
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 81-85
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Croatian
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