Review article
https://doi.org/10.22210/jezik.2026.73.10
Babićʼs Defence of the Language of Croatian Writers against Falsifications
Amir Kapetanović
Abstract
The article analyzes critical reviews by Stjepan Babić in which he discussed the procedures
in editing and publishing texts by Croatian writers (e.g. Fran Mažuranić, Ivana Brlić
Mažuranić, August Šenoa, Petar Preradović) and the contributions in which Babić advocated
for those textual principles in publishing that would prevent falsificatin of the language of
Croatian literary works (e.g. How to publish older Croatian writers, 1997; For the cessation
of publishing Croatian literary works with falsified language, 1998). Stjepan Babić was
following the publishing industry for years and judged the language editing procedures in
publishing texts by Croatian writers. He presented arguments by which many publishing
failures were exposed and pointed out how far-reaching the consequences of such procedures
could be for linguistic conclusions.
Keywords
Stjepan Babić; 19th and 20th century Croatian language; textual studies
Hrčak ID:
353051
URI
Publication date:
1.3.2026.
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