The topic of this paper is the linguistic phenomenon of negation with empasis on English non-verbal negation and its Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian translational equivalents (henceforth, BCS). In this paper theanalysis of negation is developed against the background of the Principles and Parameters framework, more specifically the more recent Minimalist...

By Melisa Bureković

This paper treats a concept of risk and protective factors and their relation to prevention of behavioral disorders. The core of the concept is the fact that identifying risk and protective factors and recognizing their interrelation is the basis of well created prevention programs. Risk factors are all inner and environmental circumstances of an i...

By Azemina Durmić

In generative grammar, questions with wh-question word in the English language are usually named wh-questions, because all wh-words, with the exception of ‘how’, begin with consonants ‘wh’ in written English. However, a further distinction needs to be made between wh-questions in which wh-word has the grammatical function of being the subject and t...

By Amna Brdarević-Čeljo

Unemployment is one of great problems of modern society, especially in transition countries. This problem usually affects persons younger than 15-30 years, which is why it is necessary to create adequate employment policy. This paper presents a qualitative study which aimed at gaining an insight into types of support the Country offers to young une...

By Naida Tursić

Islamic scholars agree that without knowing the Arabic language and its disciplines it is impossible to completely understand the Qur’an. In that sense they emphasise that valid are those meanings of the Arabic language from the time of the revelation of the Qur’an, since the Arabic language, as every other language, is capable of changes that are ...

By Safvet Halilović

Ethnopedagogical approach to prevention of social exclusion of youth implies research and using popular upbringing as a socio-historical phenomenon in structuring contemporary educational system. Popular pedagogy cannot be completely renewed, which is not necessary, so it should be merged with contemporary pedagogical thought. In addition to that, ...

By Adnan Tufekčić

The aim of the study was to examine a correlation between academic self-regulation (as a motivation measure), student perception of parents (their support, involvement and warmth) and school achievement of high-school students. The methods used in the study were survey method and a polling technique, and study instruments used were Children’s Perc...

By Izet Pehlić, Emina Spahić-Jašarević

Proportions, intensity and diversity of dimensions of the current global crisis oblige every individual to contribute to determine its causes in accordance with his own intellectual engagement. This paper attempts to determine micro factors that influence initiation and orientation of human behaviour as a fundamental catalyst of the crisis. In that...

By Muamer Neimarlija

The structure of multiple wh-questions differs significantly in the English and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language, firstly, with respect to the number of wh-phrases positioned at the beginning of the sentence and, secondly, with respect to the free vs. strict Superiority-obeying ordering of these wh-phrases. The gist of this article is the contras...

By Amna Brdarević-Čeljo

Mehmed Handžić (1906-1944) is one of the most significant Bosnian alims (scholars). Even though he lived shortly, he is the most prolific Bosnian alim that left us imposing literary work from various studies. What makes him unique and original among the Bosnian ulama is the fact that he was the only one, in the modern history of the Bosniaks, who ...

By Halil Mehtić