Filologija, No. 8, 1978.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
About the number and composition of members of the Slavic language family
Dalibor Brozović
Sažetak
In literature, text books, encyclopedia and similar works, the word “language” has different connotations for different groups of the Slavic people. Some speak of the Lusatian-Sorbian language with two groups of dialects (Upper and Lower Sorbian), while others speak of the Upper and Lower Sorbian language. In listing the Slavic languages some authors mention the Kashubian language, others omit it. Among the South Slavic languages in some text books the Old Church Slavonic language has its own place, in others it is omitted. The Russins, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Yugoslavia, consider that they have their own language, but in Slavic Studies it is usually ignored. It is not easy to cope with the controversy over the name of the Croatoserbian language, Serbocroatian language, Croatian language, Serbian language, and it is even less clear where the “so called” Burgenland Croatian spoken in Austria fits into this pattern.
We can settle this matter only if we accept some definite criteria and if we are able to determine in each case whether we consider “language” to be the standard language, or a dia-system of the closely related dialects.
With these two basic distinctions we must also take into consideration
some other factors: the functional side, the period with which we are
working and the character of the community which uses a certain
language or “language”.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
184177
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.10.1978.
Posjeta: 851 *