Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22210/jezik.2024.71.05
On the Croatian Language at the Second Symposium of the Croatian Review „Croatian Conversations on Freedom“ (1971)
Vice Šunjić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7243-8840
; Sveučilište u Zadru
Abstract
In 2021, fifty years passed since the second symposium of the Croatian Review titled
“Croatian Conversations on Freedom” was held in Lucerne, Switzerland (July 5 to 9, 1971),
commemorating the 20th anniversary of the emigrant Croatian Review. It was preceded by
the first symposium titled “Croatia Today and Tomorrow,” for which the exact location
was not publicly known for a long time. It was instead always referred to as being held
“somewhere in Europe” from August 29 to September 1, 1968. It was later revealed that it
took place in the town of Grandvillard in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. While the
first symposium was prepared in secrecy due to fear of the Yugoslav secret police (UDBA),
the second symposium, well-announced and well-organised, featured three presenters who
chose linguistic topics related to the Croatian language. Speaking about the Croatian language
were the jurist, politician and publicist Stjepan Buć, as well as two Croatian linguists
outside Croatia, Krsto Spalatin and Vinko Grubišić.
In this paper, we will take a closer look at the mentioned works, comparing them with
the Croatian linguistic topics discussed in the homeland at that time and the complex linguistic
conditions prevailing in the country in the second half of the 20th century. We will
once again emphasise the significant contribution of extraterritorial linguistics related to
the Croatian language, especially Croatian linguists outside Croatia, to the development of
the Croatian literary language during times not very conducive to linguistic unitarisation
in the common state.
Keywords
Croatian language; Croatian Review; Croatian linguists outside Croatia
Hrčak ID:
320992
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2024.
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