On Weber's Slovnica Latinska za male gimnazije (1872)

Abstract

This paper analyses two aspects of Adolfo Veber Tkalčević’s Slovnica latinska za male gimnazije, a secondary school Latin grammar book from 1872 (the second edition of Latinska slovnica za nižu gimnaziju, 1853). The first lists the structure and content of the grammar to identify differences and similarities in content with the 1853 edition, with a particular focus on similarities in content with Veber’s Croatian grammar, Slovnica hèrvatska za srednja učilišta (1871), published just a year before the second edition of his Latin grammar. The second inquires into the definition of concepts in basic grammatical categories within the framework of the three basic levels of grammatical analysis (phonology, morphology, and syntax) as compared to Veber’s Croatian grammar and the first edition of his Latin grammar. It is concluded that Veber’s descriptions of Latin as compared to the Croatian metalanguage, grammatical terminology, and the conception of basic grammatical categories can be ranked among significant linguistic contributions to the history of Croatian grammatology.