Theoretical -Methodological Basis of M. Kušar ’s Work in Linguistics

Jezikoslovac Marćel (Marcel) Kušar u hrvatskoj je filologiji poznat po zapaženoj dijalektološkoj istraživačkoj djelatnosti, ali i po radovima iz područja standardnojezične problematike: najčešće se spominje u vezi s počecima suvremene hrvatske pravopisne norme. Teorijsko‑metodološka uporišta Kušarova jezikoslovnog rada moguće je analizirati s obzirom na dvije tematske okosnice koje se pojavljuju kao konstanta u hrvatskome jezikoslovlju 19. stoljeća, a na kojima počiva i suvremena hrvatska standardnojezična koncepcija te, konkretnije, metodologija pravopisnoga normiranja: (1) odnos narječja/ dijalekta i standardnoga jezika, (2) odnos ortoepije i ortografije. Pritom se otkriva Kušarova povezanost s tradicijom hrvatske književnojezične misli (u prvome redu s učenjima zagrebačke filološke škole), a s druge istodobno i otvorenost prema lingvističkim pogledima koji su se sve jasnije profilirali potkraj 19. stoljeća.Marćel (Marcel) Kušar, a linguist, is famous in Croatian philology for his notable research into dialectology, but also for his work in the domain of the standard language: he is most frequently associated with the beginnings of the contemporary Croatian orthographic norm. The theoreticalmethodological basis of Kušar’s work in linguistics can be analysed with respect to two thematic frameworks that appear as constants in the 19th century Croatian linguistics, and which serve as the basis for the contemporary Croatian standard language norm, and more specifically, for the methodology for establishing orthographic norms: (1) relationship between dialects and standard language, (2) relationship between orthoepy and orthography. Kušar’s connection to the tradition of Croatian literary-linguistic thought (foremostly to the teachings of the Zagreb school of philology) on the one hand, and his openness to linguistic views that took shape at the end of the 19th century, on the other hand, is revealed