Learning Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian at Source Languages, Department of Historical Studies, CEU
Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian belong to the South Slavic branch of languages. These are the standard languages used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Despite some lexical differences, these languages are mutually intelligible because they share a common phonological, morphological, and syntactical core. Therefore, even if students choose to focus solely on Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian, they will still be able to understand, communicate, and read contemporary sources in all three languages.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
This course is suitable for those who have some previous knowledge of Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian. The Beginner II course will focus on developing basic reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills, with particular emphasis on the text comprehension skills required for scholarly research. The course will continue to develop important basic grammar points such as cases (dative, vocative, instrumental), perfect and future tenses, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns and adjectives, demonstrative pronouns, prepositions, intentional clauses, the imperative, and first and second conditionals. In terms of source material, the course will primarily rely on 20th-century historical sources. Additionally, we will include historical sources that will be adapted to align with the interests of the class participants and their respective research fields.
- Instructor: Dunja Milenkovic