Why Is lt Possible to Speak of a Separate Croatian Language?

For rea sons of its topicality and the good solutions offered. we are reprinting the ·\u27Treatise on Standard Croatian\u27\u27 by Petar Guberina, publi shed in 1940 in his book. co- authored by Kruno Krstić. Dijferences Between Standard Cromian and Serbian. Using F. de Sauss ure\u27s structuralist and Ch. Bally\u27s stylistic methods. the author argues the autonomy of Standard Croati an. He emphasizes that. in evaluating standard-language phenomena. the various levels should be respected approaching the phenomena from synchronic. standard-language and stylistic viewpoints. Diachrony. dialectology and any other standard language, however close, must be disregarded. Since language practice can use the units from various systems. the author underlines the importance of the stylistic values of such phenomena. Frequently. a stylistic system does not produce identical styli stic values. which makes the stylistic level exceptionally important, a fact often neglected thus far