VJEKOSLAV BABUKIĆ’S POSITION IN THE PROCESS OF CROATIAN LANGUAGE STANDARDIZATION

Abstract: This work describes the most important linguistic attitudes of the Ilirian grammarian Vjekoslav Babukić and his contribution to the modern Croatian grammar. The grammatical work of Vjekoslav Babukić and his thoughts and conceptions of language in general are judged and valued in context of social, political, cultural and linguistic standpoints of the time he was living in.