Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.26.2021.64
PREFACE ANALYSIS OF THE CROATIAN GRAMMARS FROM THE NATIONAL REVIVAL TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Vesna Grahovac-Pražić
; University of Zadar
Abstract
The paper deals with prefaces to the Croatian printed grammars in the
second half of the 19th century, until the appearance of the School of Croatian
Vukovians. It seeks to describe and present the features and functions
of the preface text. It is a text that precedes the main, dominant
text, but at the same time fulfills the communication function between
the author, the reader and the author as well as the work and the wider
temporal and social context. Fourteen prefaces were analyzed with regard
to the initial address, authorial self, its purpose, language, grammatological
conception, final address and dedication. The preface is placed
in a correlation with the prefaces of the pre-revival period. The analysis
showed a displacement in the preface features with respect to content,
structure and functionality. Prefaces prove to be a necessary component
of grammars.
Keywords
preface; grammar; Croatian language; Revival; dedication
Hrčak ID:
279960
URI
Publication date:
23.6.2022.
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