The Serbs, the Croats, the Bosniaks and the Montenegriners and its language(s) as a university studying subject
Vol.23,No.4(2013)
Abstract
Keywords:
Serbo-Croatian area; languages of Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and Montenegrins; learning Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin
Pages:
238–245
The collapse of the Yugoslav state (1991–92) also affected national and linguistic issues. Serbo-Croatian language, which was until then, linguistically and politically, the only common language of the Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins and Muslims (Bosniaks later), was replaced in the successor republics by language with the corresponding ethnic glottonym (Croatian, Serbian and later Bosnian and Montenegrin language). Political support for the autonomy and uniqueness of these languages in their respective countries, however, faces an ambiguous acceptance by professionals-linguists. This ambiguity is reflected in the long-term problems with the concept of teaching of the so called national philologies. The crucial question is, in our opinion, if to continue the current national-oriented concept, or whether to learn toward some type of area concept. Both concepts naturally have their positives but also negatives.
Serbo-Croatian area; languages of Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and Montenegrins; learning Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin
238–245