Formation of the comparative in grammatical descriptions of the Kajkavian literary language

Abstract

Pre-nineteenth-century grammars of the Kajkavian literary language provide examples of adjective comparison, as well as detailed descriptions of word-formation. This research is based on following grammars: Josip Matijević: Pomum granatum, Zagreb, 1771; Ignac Szentmartony: Einleitung zur kroatischen Sprachlehre zur Teutschen, 1783; Franz Kornig: Kroatische Sprachlehre, Zagreb, 1795; Josip Matijević: Horvaczka grammatika, Zagreb, 1810; Josip Đurkovečki: Jezichnica horvatzko-slavinzka, Budapest, 1826; Ignac Kristijanović: Grammatik der Kroatischen Mundart, Zagreb, 1837. The comparison of grammatical descriptions in Kajkavian grammars contributes to a clearer understanding of the level of standardization of the Kajkavian literary language.

Keywords

• Kajkavian literary language
• adjective comparison