REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY A. R. BAGDASAROV «HRVATSKI JEZIK. POGLED IZ RUSIJE» - “CROATIAN LANGUAGE. A VIEW FROM RUSSIA”

Abstract

The article presents a brief review of the monograph of the Russian philologist-Slavist and Croatist, Candidate of Philology A. R. Bagdasarov “The Croatian Language. A View from Russia”. The article reflects the main ideas set out in the monograph, in particular, it touches on the issue of language policy, substantiates the need to distinguish and include the clerical style (or sub-style) in one of the varieties of the functional style of the Croatian literary language, as well as to restore the abolished Council for the Norm of the Croatian Literary (standard) language and to adopt the law on the Croatian state language. The monograph pays considerable attention to the issues of language policy during the formation and disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 40s-90s of the 20th century on the example of Croatian-Serbian ethno-linguistic relations. As a result of the processes of convergence and unification of the language and at the same time its divergence and differentiation, an atmosphere of linguistic tolerance and loyalty was not formed, the literary Croatian and Serbian languages in the current language situation in Croatia and Serbia acquired their own legal status and began to develop independently. The author considers the problem of including feminatives in the official business style (in the legislative or legislative-legal sub-style): the author justifies the inexpediency of such attempts by government officials and linguists. The book is addressed to a wide range of Slavic and Croatian philologists.