Igor Ivaškovic
List of John Benjamins publications in which Igor Ivaškovic is involved.
Articles
2025 Terminology in genetic-linguistic studies as a political issue: The case of the South Slavic dialectal continuum Terminology: Online-First Articles | Article
The recent version of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas (SLA) classifies a significant number of speech varieties from the Republic of Croatia as part of the Slovenian language using genetic-linguistic criteria. A critical analysis of the conceptual framework and criteria employed in the SLA… read more
2024 The role of identification criteria in language: The Croatian case Language Problems and Language Planning 48:1, pp. 1–25 | Article
The article presents the criteria employed in distinguishing languages and, within the framework of structuralist and sociolinguistic perspectives, delves into the role of identification criteria in the context of the Croatian language. Through a critical analysis of the interpretation of… read more
2024 Examining political influence on language: Contradictory linguistic lexical purging in the Croatian context Journal of Language and Politics 23:6, pp. 831–850 | Article
This article discusses the problem of evaluating socio-political interventions in language at the case of Croatian. From a theoretical point of view, definitions of such interventions, often called purism, are first analyzed and placed in the context of the ‘one standard axiom’ thesis. To… read more