Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo / Radovi Filozofskog fakulteta u Sarajevu, ISSN 2303-6990 on-line

Pričaj mi / Tell Me

Jovana Kostić — 2023-12-31

This paper aims to analyze the story of exile and postcolonialism pertaining to one of the characters in Michael Ondaatje’s novel The English Patient – a Hungarian who goes by the name of Count Ladislaus de Almásy. Both Almásy’s storytelling and his book, Herodotus’ Histories, represent his attempts to demystify the past which he cannot, either ontologically or epistemologically speaking, grasp. The only way of “grasping” it is by means of storytelling. Accordingly, the novel is to be analyzed as belonging to the genre of historiographic metafiction, that is, within the context of its metanarrative/metafictional literary devices which serve as a means of constructing the past. Although his solace at first, storytelling eventually becomes a prison of Almásy’s own making as it leaves him both displaced and estranged. He, however, is also cut off from the rest of the novel’s world by being the only character to explicitly defy the boundaries of dominant cultures. As someone who belongs “nowhere”, Almásy is the true embodiment of a postcolonial discourse and a culturally heterogeneous identity.

Prividni red u haotičnom svijetu / The Apparent Order in a Chaotic World

Sanita Delić — 2023-12-31

The primary objective of this paper is to show how Oedipa Maas, the central character in Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot 49, navigates the world by adhering to traditional and formal methods of rationalization. This entails creating a structured framework for understanding the world and its phenomena through strict logical connectives. Traditionally, such a form of rationalization has been associated with the analytical capacities of individuals, with the expectation that it can yield a singular, valid interpretation of the world. In this paper, we will examine Oedipa Maas’s condition and actions within the framework of two linguistic theories: one positing the existence of universal interpretive tools (Logos) aimed at providing a singular worldview, and the other emphasizing the social historical influences on individuals and the contingent nature of language as tools for interpreting the world. We attribute the first theory to Ferdinand de Saussure and the second to Jacques Derrida. This theoretical foundation will help us highlight the epistemic dimensions of the novel, where the protagonist attempts to adhere to a logocentric approach in her understanding of the world. Oedipa rejects Derrida’s view of language, fearing that it will lead to meaninglessness or chaos, and instead strives for a harmonious vision of the world (cosmos). However, the order she seeks and occasionally perceives is merely a reflection of her interpretive framework. She desires to perceive order, but it exists solely within the confines of her language.

Stranci u svom / Strangers in Their Own Space

Merima Handanović — 2023-12-31

Using the example of two novels by Dževad Karahasan, The Night Council and Introduction to Floating, this paper provides a comparative analysis of the characters of Simon Mihailović and Peter Hurd in relation to the figure of the stranger, who is searching for parts of his being in a dislocated space. Considering the spiral structure of both novels and the intertextual connections with Dante’s Divine Comedy, this paper uses a comparative approach to discuss the treatment and role of the guide through the different types of “hell” which the characters experience. Along with the question of artistic motivation and the motivational system of a literary work, the work analyzes and problematizes the relationship of the characters to situations. In addition, the paper questions the literary constructions through which the characters move in getting to know themselves. Through the comparison of the characters of Simon Mihailović and Peter Hurd, this paper questions Mihailović’s and Hurd’s relationship with their guides through “hell”, Enver Pilav and Rajko Šurup. Using a comparative approach to analyse the characters of the strangers in two novels by Dževad Karahasan, this paper shows different relationships to the same phenomenon, as well as different ways of manifesting the intertextual connection.

Uvodna riječ / Foreword

Amira Sadiković — 2023-12-31

Foreword.

Unutargrupna pristranost / In-Group Bias

Marija Batinić — 2023-12-31

Religion represents a system of beliefs, understandings, and actions from which religious individuals draw an array of values for their judgments of the world. Religiousness is a multidimensional construct comprising a multitude of religious orientations of which extrinsic and intrinsic religiousness are the most prominent in scientific literature. Also, in the social psychological domain, religion represents a social group whose members show a tendency toward in-group bias, a phenomenon basically immanent in every social group. The construct of in-group favoritism refers to a tendency of favoring one’s in-group members over out-group members. The focus of this paper is oriented on the basic dimensions of religiousness and their behavioral manifestations such as in-group favoritism, prejudice, biases in prosocial behavior, etc. Based on scientific literature, the aim of this paper is to determine the relations between religiousness and in-group bias, i.e., favoring the in-group and derogation of the out-group. An additional aim is to demonstrate the importance of the influence of religious priming on the social behavior of an individual in terms of making or breaking in-group biases and out-group prejudices.

Impressum

Editorial — 2023-12-31

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Kontakt podaci autora / Authors details

Editorial — 2023-12-31

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Diskurs protiv rodno osjetljivog jezika / Discourse Against Gender Sensitive Language

Sandra Zlotrg — 2023-12-31

This paper provides an overview of critical discourse analysis (CDA) methodology, focusing on the linguistic basis of the descriptive phase of Norman Fairclough’s CDA. This methodological tool is used to analyse the discourse against gender-sensitive language which is broadly defined as a collection of texts and speeches that propagate ideas contrary to the principles of gender-sensitive language and gender equality, i.e., texts and speeches that act against those ideas. In relation to discursive practices, the paper analyses to whom such texts are addressed and how they are disseminated, and in relation to socio-cultural practices, i.e., the social conditions under which such texts are produced, it analyses who actually has power and an underlying ideology. Because it is critical to examine power relations in an analysis, those in positions of power are used as examples of discourse, such as the Board for the Standardisation of the Serbian Language as a standardisation institution. Taking their decision on the adoption of the Law on Gender Equality in Serbia in 2021 as an illustrative example of the discourse, this paper tests the hypothesis that the Board for the Standardisation of the Serbian Language shapes the discourse against gender-sensitive language.

Sintagmatizacija kao sredstvo veze između paremiologije i frazeologije / Syntagmatization as a Means of Connection Between Paremiology and Phraseology

Azra Hodžić-Čavkić — 2023-12-31

The language continuum is expressed in many ways: through the coexistence of autonomous language layers (and their corresponding language disciplines) and transitional units between certain categories, through the transitional varieties of the dialects of a language, etc. The very fact that there are transitional (hybrid) units that ensure the elasticity and permeability of the borders between language layers opens up a series of questions and challenges and puts before linguists the task of defining the minimum unit of some analysis as precisely as possible and its further hierarchical branching. However, since it is impossible to stop change in language, we should not harbor many illusions that movements in language will not open new fields and perspectives for understanding the particularity of a certain linguistic phenomenon. The elastic stability of language – and the continuity between paremiology and phraseology – can also be recognized in the possibilities of paremies to syntagmatize as sentence structures, i.e. to turn them into open structures that, like other idiom groups, fit into the grammatical perspective of the sentence in which they appear. This is possible probably due to the fact that idiom groups are created by the lexicalization of the “prominent part of the script”, i.e. due to the possibility of separating the so-called crystallization nucleus. In this paper, we have dealt with the mentioned type of paremis economization and we have tried to single out possible patterns of syntagmatization.

Sprachliche Besonderheiten in ausgewählten deutschen Werbetexten für Getränkeprodukte / Linguistic Particularities in Selected German Advertising Texts for Beverage Products

Nedim Livnjak — 2023-12-31

Advertising or advertising texts belong to mass media communication and are studied in different contexts and perspectives. This article focuses on linguistic analysis, presenting linguistic peculiarities in selected advertising texts for beverage products in the German-speaking region. Characteristic linguistic patterns, stylistic devices, and identified lexical preferences are discussed concerning advertising goals and effects. The results of the corpus analysis show that German beverage advertisements are mainly characterized by the use of various language games, Anglicisms, metaphorical, metonymic, and elliptical or fragmentary expressions. All these linguistic peculiarities draw potential consumers’ attention and communicate specific values effectively, such as taste, freshness, or authenticity.

O interkulturalnom aspektu razvoja akademskog engleskog s kraćim osvrtom na edukaciju iz ove oblasti na univerzitetskom nivou u Bosni i Hercegovini / On the Intercultural Aspect of the Development of Academic English and a Brief Overview of Education in This Field at the University Level in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Melisa Okičić — 2023-12-31

This paper provides an overview of the most significant socio-historical and linguistic factors that have influenced the emergence of the term “Academic English”. It begins with a brief review explaining the reasons behind the global expansion of the English language and its internationalization at university level worldwide. It then discusses the influx of international students into English-speaking countries and the linguistic-cultural challenges they face. The paper continues by explaining the meaning of the term ‘Academic English’ and briefly describes current teaching practices at universities with internationalization at a high level nowadays. In the final part, the paper discusses the presence of academic English education in Bosnia and Herzegovina through an analysis of the curricula of eight departments of English language and literature. The paper concludes by stating that education in academic English at universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina does exist, but that there is much room for future improvements, especially in terms of researching the characteristics of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian academic writing tradition and initiating education in academic English for both students and academic staff.

Morfološke i semantičke karakteristike standardnog italijanskog jezika / Morphological and Semantic Characteristics of the Standard Italian Language

Zana Ekiz — 2023-12-31

This paper deals with the evolution of the Italian standard language on the corpus of the 20th century literary work - Giorgio Bassani’s novel Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini (The Garden of the Finzi-Contini) and contemporary Italian press. Analyzing individual linguistic elements at the morphological and semantic level, the way in which the Italian standard language evolves in literature and in the language of the press is explained. Special attention is paid to the differences between the two registers and also to their similarities.

Univerbacija u bosanskom jeziku

Amela Ljevo-Ovčina — 2023-12-31

Book review: Durmišević, Elma, 2023. Univerbacija u bosanskom jeziku. Sarajevo: Slavistički komitet.

Neološka tvorba riječi u slavenskim jezicima

Amela Šehović — 2023-12-31

Book review: Ološtiak, Martin; Liptáková, Ľudmila, Bednárová-Gibová, Klaudia, ur., 2022. Slovanská slovotvorba: synchrónia, inovácie, neologizácia, zbornik radova Dvadesete prve međunarodne naučne konferencije Komisije za tvorbu riječi Međunarodnog komiteta slavista. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove vo Vydavateľstve Prešovskej univerzity, str. 430.

Tipologija slovenskih jezika

Martin Henzelmann — 2023-12-31

Book review: Манучарян, Иветта, 2021. Типология славянских языков. Ереван: Издательство ЕГУ, 368 с.

Andrićev skriveni teatar

Nihada Bećirović — 2023-12-31

Book review: Bašović, Almir, 2022. Andrićev skriveni teatar. Sarajevo:
UNIVERSITY PRESS, 160 str.

Prof. dr Midhat Riđanović (1935-2023)

Nedžad Leko — 2023-12-31

In memoriam.