Sintaksa hrvatskoga književnog jezika: Nacrt za gramatiku

In his work Syntax of the Croatian Literary Language, Radoslav Katičić provides a comprehensive and scientifically based overview of the syntactic system of the Croatian standard language. The book represents the culmination of his research work in the field of grammar and philology, and serves as a key manual for linguists, teachers and students of Croatian studies. Katičić methodically analyzes the structures of sentences, the relationships between their parts, the use of cases, verb forms, dependent clauses and other components that shape the expressive and semantic complexity of the Croatian language. He pays special attention to normative issues and the demarcation of the standard language from dialects and colloquial expression. His approach combines contemporary linguistic knowledge with a deep sense of tradition and the historical development of the language. The work has lasting scientific value and remains one of the fundamental starting points in the study of Croatian syntax and grammatical theory in general.