The purpose of the current paper was to investigate in detail Alija Nametak’s (1906–1987) national orientation expressed in his literary works, and to analyze the circumstances leading to such an orientation as well as its reflection on Nametak’s attitude toward language, particularly with regard to his nomination of language and ...

By Amina Pehlić

The aim of this study was to investigate often used non-standard linguistic occurrences in students’ speech, in order to foster language culture. The methods used were methods of observation of situations and methods of linguistic analysis of students’ papers. The sample were students of Islamic Pedagogical Faculty of the University in Zenica who h...

By Amina Pehlić

The aim of this paper is to examine the main accent features of Donji Kamičak dialect and to define their character. The reaearch was done in 2002 and 2005. Dictaphone, notebook, guided and semi-guided conversation were used for collecting data. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that the Donji Kamičak dialect, according to its primary acc...

By Amina Pehlić

This paper shortly presents some observations on a sign in general in order to, through Saussure’s definition of linguistic sign as a synthesis of signifiant and signifié, draw attention to the importance of language, and recognize semiotic nature of some Qur’an ayats. Ideas and aconstic images like the units of linguistic sign are inseparable. The...

By Amina Pehlić