Senahid Halilović (22 March 1958 – 24 April 2023) was a Bosnian

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and academician who was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Halilović studied at the University of Belgrade where he acquired his

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in Dialectology, exploring the East-Bosnian dialect. He published over one hundred professional and scientific papers in the field of

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Orthography of the Bosnian language

Born in

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on 22 March 1958, Halilović is best known for his contribution to the standardisation of the

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. His best known works are ''Orthography of the Bosnian language'' (Pravopis bosanskog jezika), ''The Bosnian language'' (Bosanski jezik) and ''Grammar of the Bosnian language'' (Gramatika bosanskoga jezika). Characteristics of this spelling is equidistance towards the Croatian and Serbian spelling and morphological prescriptions, and expressions that are held for the typical Bosnian norm (formalisation of the phoneme "h" in certain words in the Bosnian language as seen in the words ''mehko'', ''lahko'', ''kahva'', ''mahrama''). In the 2018 edition of the ''Orthography of the Bosnian language'', Halilović accepted expressions without the phoneme "h" due to their prevalence in language practice, for which he was criticised by Bosniak prescriptivists and defended by other linguists.

Slavic Committee

Halilović was a founding member and president of the Slavic Committee (Bosnia and Herzegovina Association of Slavists) in

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. In September 2008, the Slavic Committee was officially inducted into the International Committee of Slavists, a scholarly organisation uniting various national committees of Slavists. Halilović was signatory of the Declaration on the Common Language of the

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and Montenegrins.

Death

Halilović died on 24 April 2023, at the age of 65.

Bibliography

*''Bosanski jezik'', Baština, Sarajevo 1991. *''Pravopis bosanskoga jezika'', Preporod, Sarajevo 1996. *''Bosanskohercegovački dijalektološki zbornik : Govorni tipovi u međuriječju Neretve i Rijeke dubrovačke - knjiga VII'', Institut za jezik, Sarajevo 1996. *''Gnijezdo lijepih riječi: Pravilno - nepravilno u bosanskom jeziku'', Baština, Libris, Sarajevo 1996. *''Gramatika bosanskoga jezika'', Dom štampe, Zenica 2000.Gramatika bosanskoga jezika
*''Govor grada Sarajeva i razgovorni bosanski jezik'', Slavistički komitet, Sarajevo 2009. *''Pravopis bosanskoga jezika'', Slavistički komitet, Sarajevo, 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halilovic, Senahid 1958 births 2023 deaths Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Linguists from Bosnia and Herzegovina People from Tuzla Canton Writers from Tuzla Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language Members of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni