MORPHOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY IN MATE MERŠIĆ MILORADIĆ’S “SLOVNICA HERVATSKOGA JEZIKA ZA SELSKE ŠKOLE” (Croatian Grammar Book for Village Schools)

Abstract

This paper analyses morphological terminology in Mate Meršić Miloradić’s “Slovnica hervatskoga jezika za selske škole” (Croatian Grammar Book for Village Schools). This is a Burgenland Croatian grammar book published in Győr in 1919, and its central part deals with the morphological level of linguistic description. Morphological terminology used in the grammar book is placed in the context of the grammatical (morphological) terminology in Croatian (ethnic and linguistic) area at the beginning of the 20th century. The paper also compares the results of previous research on historical grammatical terminology in order to gain insight into the contribution Miloradić has made to the linguistic material and to the spread of Croatian grammatical terminology outside the borders of Croatia.