Ivo Pranjkovic
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Ivo Pranjković is a Croatia
n linguist
.
Pranjković is a Bosnian Croat, born in Kotor Varoš
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
. After the classical secondary school in Visoko, he received a BA degree in the Croatian language
from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
at the University of Zagreb
. In 1974 he became a member of the Department for Croatian Language at the same faculty. Today, he is a professor of standard Croatian language
.
As a learned linguist and philologist
with a wide spectrum of interests, Pranjković made important contributions to several linguistic areas. His syntactic studies Croatian Syntax, Second Croatian Syntax and Croatian grammar (published in co-authorship with Josip Silić) are generally considered important works for the modern Croatian syntax. Other areas of his work are general linguistics
, history of Croatian philology in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the linguistic heritage of Bosnian Franciscan
s. This last topic was the subject of several studies of Pranjković, as well as the book Croatian Language and the Bosnian Franciscans, where he described the linguistic area which was crucial for the development and standardization of the Croatian language, but which was greatly neglected until his work.
Aside from linguistic theory and history, Pranjković engaged in many disputes and comments in the press, especially with his great rival, Stjepan Babić
. His articles have been collected in several books. Pranjković has polemicized with virtually every Croatian linguist of the older generation. The only thing he shares with Babić is his aversion towards amateurish linguistic purism and pro-Serbian linguists.
As a versatile linguist, Pranjković made important contributions to stylistics
.
Croatia
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n linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
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Pranjković is a Bosnian Croat, born in Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varoš is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:The city was first mentioned in the 10th century, when it was called Kotor. Varoš, added later, means "town" in Hungarian...
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. After the classical secondary school in Visoko, he received a BA degree in the Croatian language
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb is one of the top faculties of the University of Zagreb.-History:...
at the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
. In 1974 he became a member of the Department for Croatian Language at the same faculty. Today, he is a professor of standard Croatian language
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
.
As a learned linguist and philologist
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
with a wide spectrum of interests, Pranjković made important contributions to several linguistic areas. His syntactic studies Croatian Syntax, Second Croatian Syntax and Croatian grammar (published in co-authorship with Josip Silić) are generally considered important works for the modern Croatian syntax. Other areas of his work are general linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, history of Croatian philology in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the linguistic heritage of Bosnian Franciscan
Franciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
s. This last topic was the subject of several studies of Pranjković, as well as the book Croatian Language and the Bosnian Franciscans, where he described the linguistic area which was crucial for the development and standardization of the Croatian language, but which was greatly neglected until his work.
Aside from linguistic theory and history, Pranjković engaged in many disputes and comments in the press, especially with his great rival, Stjepan Babić
Stjepan Babic
Stjepan Babić is a Croatian linguist and academic.-Biography:He was born in the small town of Oriovac in Brod-Posavina County, even though his biological parents are from Hrvatsko Zagorje. He attended primary school in Oriovac, and gymnasium in Slavonski Brod, Osijek and finally in Zagreb...
. His articles have been collected in several books. Pranjković has polemicized with virtually every Croatian linguist of the older generation. The only thing he shares with Babić is his aversion towards amateurish linguistic purism and pro-Serbian linguists.
As a versatile linguist, Pranjković made important contributions to stylistics
Stylistics (linguistics)
Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics, but has no autonomous domain of its own...
.
Works
- August Musić, 1989
- Adolfo Veber Tkalčević, 1993
- Kronika hrvatskoga jezikoslovlja (Chronology of Croatian Linguistics), 1993
- Hrvatska skladnja (Croatian Syntax), 1993
- Lingvistički komentari (Linguistic Comments), 1997
- Jezikoslovna sporenja (Linguistic Disputes), 1997
- Hrvatski jezik i franjevci Bosne Srebrene (Croatian Language and the Bosnian Franciscans), 2000
- Druga hrvatska skladnja (Second Croatian Syntax), 2001
- Jezik i beletristika (Language and Belles Lettres), 2003
- Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika (Croatian Grammar), co-author, 2006
- Sučeljavanja: Polemički dueli oko hrvatskoga jezika i pravopisa, 2008
- Ogledi o jezičnoj pravilnosti, 2010