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This book is the first work on this topic to have been published in English and is thus brought before the international public. A preliminary sociolinguistic survey of the major issues concerning language use in 16th century Slovenia is followed by the central section - an analysis of Adam Bohoric's pioneering grammar of Slovenian (1584) that establishes its position in the framework of contemporary European linguistics. Other subjects include the four-language grammatical appendix to Hieronymus Megiser's dictionary (1592), the linguistic work of the German writer and teacher Nicodemus Frischlin during his stay in Slovenia, and the language issues addressed in the writings of various Slovenian Protestant writers.
List of contents
Contents: Overview of the Factors Contributing to a Literate Culture in Slovenia Before the 16th Century - Sociolinguistic Survey of Some Key Issues Concerning Language Use - Adam Bohoric's Grammar (1584) - Nicodemus Frischlin in Ljubljana - Hieronymus Megiser's Grammatical Appendix - Linguistic Thought Beyond Grammar Books.
About the author
Kozma Ahacic is Senior Research Fellow at the Fran Ramovs Institute of the Slovenian Language at the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is also Assistant Professor of Slovenian linguistics at the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia).
