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A comparison of the beginnings of exonym standardization in Croatian and Slovenian

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2021
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

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2023
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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Croatian external relations as reflected by the use of exonyms

open access: yesStudia Lexicographica, 2021
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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Translating deictic motion verbs among Bulgarian, Croatian, and Serbian: A corpus-based study

open access: yesRussian Journal of Linguistics, 2021
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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On the problem of special methods of teaching closely related languages (on the material of Croatian and Serbian languages)

open access: yesВестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология, 2023
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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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
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Metaphorical conceptualization of hope (nada) in Croatian: A corpus-based study

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Philology, 2020
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)

open access: yesJezikoslovni zapiski, 2015
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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The unofficial economy in Croatia: causes, size and consequences [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This Occasional Paper reports the research results of a project on the unofficial economy in Croatia conducted by the Institute of Public Finance in Zagreb for the Croatian Ministry of Finance.
Bicanic, Ivo, Ott, Katarina
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Metaphoric Use of Denotations for Colours in the Language of Law

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2019
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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