PHILOSOPHY AND LINGUISTICS IN SAVA MRKALJ’S WRITINGS

Text topic: Serbian Philosophic Culture

Text author: Ирина Деретић

In this paper, the author critically discusses the philosophical presuppositions of Sava Mrkalj’s language reform. Mrkalj’s reflections on the origin of language and his definition of sign and language are analyzed in detail. In doing so, the author tries to find out whose philosophical influence played the major role in Mrkalj’s grammatical writings.