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A comparison of the beginnings of exonym standardization in Croatian and Slovenian
This paper compares the beginnings of exonym standardization and some characteristics of the oldest exonyms in two similar Slavic languages, Croatian and Slovenian. It uses the comparative and exemplar methods.
Ivana Crljenko, Matjaž Geršič
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Valency patterns of manner of speaking verbs in Croatian
Manner of speaking verbs denote the transfer of a message through speech, emphasizing the volume, intensity, comprehensibility, psychophysical condition of the speaker, and/or the impression that the speaker leaves on the hearer.
Brač Ivana, Birtić Matea
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Translating deictic motion verbs among Bulgarian, Croatian, and Serbian: A corpus-based study
This article deals with translating South Slavic deictic verbs. Specifically, we consider translations among Bulgarian, Croatian, and Serbian. Deictic verbs are verbs whose interpretation is dependent on the location of speech-act participants (Fillmore ...
Svetlana Nedelcheva, Ljiljana Šarić
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Croatian external relations as reflected by the use of exonyms
Departing from the assumption that exonyms, in the sense of »names used in a specific language for a geographical feature situated outside the area where that language is spoken and differing in its form from the name used in an official or well ...
Peter Jordan
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The article is devoted to the peculiarities of teaching closely related languages based on the similarities and differences between the Croatian and Serbian literary languages.
A. R. Bagdasarov, A. A. Bychenko
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Metaphorical conceptualization of hope (nada) in Croatian: A corpus-based study
This study examines the role of metaphor in the conceptualization of hope (nada) in the Croatian corpus hrWaC. Employing “metaphorical pattern analysis” (Stefanowitsch, 2006), I analyze metaphorical patterns with the target-domain word nada ‘hope’. These
Ljiljana Šarić
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Thoughts on Older Romance Elements in Slovenian and Other South Slavic Languages (Part 1)
This article compares the features of older Romance elements in Slovenian with the features of loans of the same kind in other South Slavic languages.
Agata Šega
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Borrowed Words of Non-Slavic and Slavic Origin in Sixteenth-Century Standard Slovenian
A lack of expressions represents the strongest motivation for borrowing words from the inventory of other languages into sixteenth-century standard Slovenian.
Andreja Legan Ravnikar
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Metaphoric Use of Denotations for Colours in the Language of Law
In many papers dealing with the stylistic features of legal texts, metaphor is highlighted as a stylistic figure often used in the language of law. On a daily basis we can witness the frequent use of metaphoric collocations like soft laws, hard laws ...
Kordić Ljubica
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The drivers of organic carbon (OC) burial efficiency are still poorly understood despite their key role in reliable projections of future climate trends.
Ivan Razum +7 more
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