Filologija, No. 79, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/yrvgqtwj49
Coding and Recoding of Linguistic Heritage – The Golden Formula »Ča-kaj-što«
Maciej Czerwiński
orcid.org/0000-0002-6602-1299
Abstract
Although the Golden Formula of the Croatian Language »ča-kaj-što« is a literary concept coined by the poet Drago Štambuk, this paper departs from the assumption that this idea refers to the extremely important and groundbreaking concepts related to the Croatian standard language. This is so as the formula is not only an idea that seeks to enrich the language of literature (notably poetry), which should be derived from all the Croatian dialects, but also aims to stimulate a discussion about the standard language and its relationship to dialectisms (as evidenced by the 2019 Ministry of Culture and the public appearances of Drago Štambuk). This, in turn, opens up a problem of linguistic amalgams in general. Therefore, the paper connects the golden formula not only with the elaborated conceptions of hybrid languages in Croatian history (Istrian Protestants, the Ozalj circle), but especially with the polemics led by the representatives of the Zagreb Philological School with the Croatian ‘vukovites’ (emphasizing different approaches). The article analyzes the ambivalent attitudes of some key Croatian linguists with regard to the dialectisms in the standard language – from the 19th century to the present day and the possible consequences of the hybridization process.
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Publication date:
29.12.2022.
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