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Rudolf Filipović, a prominent Croatian linguist, in his book Anglicisms in the Croatian or Serbian language: origin, development, meaning explores the influence of the English language on the Croatian language.
The book is still required reading at philological faculties today because it systematically connects language with literature and social context for the first time. It is written clearly, without ideological exclusivity, which was a rarity in 1990.
Words are like people: they are born, grow, travel, cross the borders of municipalities, provinces and states, adapt, change nationality and citizenship, reproduce, age and die, and – unlike people, similar to gods – they can also be resurrected.
Ranko Bugarski, a distinguished linguist, in his book Language and Linguistics provides a clear and accessible overview of basic linguistic terms and methods.
Feel the charm, freedom and endearing spontaneity of speech, which with its expansiveness, dynamism and playful violence strongly opposes the norms of the literary language, destroying its framework!