Review article

Extralinguistic Factors in the Formation of the New Croatian Spelling

Artur Bagdasarov

Abstract

The article briefly describes the sociolinguistic developments relating to the creation of
the Croatian Spelling by the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics. The author has
considered particular extralinguistic circumstances and conceptions, as well as the attempts
to resolve normative dualities – the so-called spelling disputes found in written language
practice and in various Croatian spelling manuals.

Keywords

Croatian spellings, language politics, extralinguistic factors, spelling conception, normative hierarchy, spelling dualities.

Hrčak ID:

253687

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/253687

Publication date:

1.10.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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