Original scientific paper
Dictionary of Croatian Philosophical Terminology
Bojan Marotti
; Zavod za povijest i filozofiju znanosti HAZU, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The compiling of the Dictionary of Croatian Philosophical Terminology is suggested. In this connection some fundamental sociolinguistic notions are firstly considered, as a basis for examination of the Croatian philosophical terminology. In that respect, among all Croatian (language) systems, which form Croatian diasystem, it is distinguished between the Croatian organic idioms and that what might be called selective or exemplary system (sometimes also called the Croatian literary language, or the Croatian standard language). Particularly, some essential features of the Croatian standard language, which philosophical terminology, as its part, must fulfil, are stated. The recent history of the Croatian selective system, that is of the Croatian literary language, is briefly presented. The »struggle« between different linguistic schools which existed in Croatia during the nineteenth century is described, and the so called ‘victory’ of the Croatian followers of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić at the end of the nineteenth century is emphasized. The structure of the Dictionary is considered, as well as the sources that should be taken into account. Finally (especially in the Supplement), upon the analysis of different examples, some features of the current Croatian philosophical terminology which could be regarded as the influence of the Serbian variant of the Old Church Slavonic upon the
contemporary Croatian standard language are pointed out.
Keywords
dictionary; philosophical dictionary; philosophical terminology; Croatian literary language; sociolinguistics; selection; systemic derivation
Hrčak ID:
66820
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Publication date:
7.12.2009.
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