bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hâfız Post’un Hayatı Hakkında Yeni Bilgiler
Authors: Çetin Engin
Published: January 2025

Klasik Türk musikisinin en önemli bestekârlarından Hâfız Post’un (ö. 7 Cemâziyelâhir 1105/3 Şubat 1694) hayatına dair bilinenler, temelde bestelerinin yer aldığı mecmualar ile devrin şuarâ tezkireleri ve çeşitli biyografi derlemelerine dayanmaktadır. Ancak söz konusu kaynaklarda yer alan sınırlı bilgiler kapsamlı bir biyografi inşasına imkân vermemektedir. Bu çerçevede Hâfız’ın bürokratik görevleri, nerede ikamet ettiği, vefat tarihi ve yeri ile ailesi hakkında bilinenler oldukça sınırlıdır. Literatür ise genellikle müzikologların Hâfız Post’un eserlerine dair keşifleriyle genişleyebilmektedir. Bu makalede arşiv vesikalarından hareketle Hâfız’ın ailesi, kariyeri, vefatı ve terekesi hakkında yeni tespit edilen bilgiler ele alınmıştır. Hâfız Post’un hayatındaki sis perdesini büyük ölçüde aralayan bu bilgiler, mevcut literatüre ciddi katkılar sağlayacak mahiyettedir. Ayrıca Osmanlı devri sanatkârlarının biyografileri için öncelikle arşiv kayıtlarına başvurulması gerektiğini yeniden hatırlatacak bir bakış açısı da sunmaktadır.
Bankaların Finansal Erişim Etkinliğinin Dijitalleşme Çerçevesinde İncelenmesi: Türkiye Örneği
Authors: Erem Ceylan Işıl , Ceylan Fatih
Published: January 2025

Bu çalışma ile Türk bankacılık sektörünün etkinlik düzeyinin finansal erişim ve dijitalleşme çerçevesinde belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Banka etkinliğinin belirlenmesi noktasında parametrik olmayan bir yöntem olan Veri Zarflama Analizi (VZA) yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. 2011-2012 ile 2022-2023 yılları arasındaki on üç yıllık dönem aralığının değerlendirmeye alındığı analiz neticesinde bankaların etkinlik düzeyleri yıllar özelinde belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda elde edilen bulgular göreli etkinlik skorlarının ele alınan dönem aralığında farklılaştığını ve toplam dört yılda göreli etkinliğin sağlandığını göstermiştir. Bununla birlikte, finansal erişim düzeyinin arttığı yıllarda bankacılık sektörünün etkinlik düzeyinin de yükseldiği gözlemlenmiştir. Bu durum, bankaların finansal erişime daha fazla odaklanmaları gerektiğini göstermektedir. Yapılan analizler, bankacılık sektörünün finansal erişim üzerindeki rolünü ve bu konuda atılması gereken adımları vurgulamakta olup, elde edilen bulguların literatüre önemli katkılar sunacağı düşünülmektedir.
Türkiye'nin Uluslararası Göç Rejiminde İnsani İkamet İzninin İstisnai Niteliği ve Analizi
Authors: Utar Sibel
Published: January 2025

Jeopolitik konumu nedeniyle önemli göç yollarının kesişiminde yer alan Türkiye, 2000’li yıllardan itibaren uluslararası göç hareketlerinin önemli hedef ülkelerinden biri haline gelmiştir. Bu durum uluslararası göçün etkin bir şekilde yönetilmesi gerekliliğini ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu bağlamda Türkiye’nin taraf olduğu uluslararası anlaşmalar ve Avrupa Birliği müktesebatı ile uyumlu bir yasa olan 6458 sayılı Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanunu (YUKK), 2013 yılında yürürlüğe girmiştir. YUKK kapsamında uluslararası göçmenlerin Türkiye’deki ikametleri, kalış amaçlarına göre altı farklı ikamet izni türü altında düzenlenmiştir. Bu çalışma, Türkiye’nin uluslararası göçle ilgili mevzuatında ilk kez YUKK kapsamında düzenlenmiş olan insani ikamet iznini analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. İnsani gerekçelerle verilen bu ikamet izni hem verilme şartları hem de düzenlenme biçimi ile istisnai bir nitelik taşımaktadır. Re’sen düzenlenen bir ikamet türü olan insani ikamet izninin hangi sebeplerle verilebileceği çalışma kapsamında ayrıntılı bir şekilde ele alınacaktır. Yasal düzenlemelerdeki ve uygulamadaki çelişkiler ile karşılaşılan sorunların analizi de çalışmanın temel hedeflerinden biridir. Çalışma aynı zamanda insani ikamet izni ile tanınan hakların kapsamını değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Eğitim Örgütlerinde Çevik Liderlik: Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması
Authors: Aslan Mehmet Sait , Aytaç Tufan
Published: January 2025

Bu araştırmanın amacı, okul yöneticilerinin çevik liderlik becerilerini belirlemek için bir ölçme aracı geliştirmektir. Çalışma, 2023-2024 eğitim-öğretim yılında Şanlıurfa ili merkez ilçelerinde görev yapan 285 okul yöneticisinin katılımıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ölçek geliştirme sürecinde, öncelikle literatür taraması yapılmış, madde havuzu oluşturulmuş ve uzman görüşlerine dayalı olarak 48 maddelik taslak ölçek formu geliştirilmiştir. Taslak ölçek formu, 5’li Likert tipi “Hiçbir Zaman-0, Nadiren-1, Bazen-2, Çoğunlukla-3, Her Zaman-4” şeklinde derecelendirilmiştir. Pilot çalışması yapılan ölçeğin son haline karar verirken ve yapı geçerliğini sağlarken açımlayıcı faktör analizi kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin testi sonucu 0,95, açıklanan toplam varyansın% 63,80, Cronbach Alfa 0,97 olduğu, uyum iyiliği değerleri kabul edilebilir seviyede olduğu ve Eğitim Örgütlerinde Çevik Liderlik Ölçeğinin 32 madde ve 4 faktörden (Değerlerle Liderlikte Çeviklik, Duygusal Çeviklik ve Okuryazarlık, Dijital Çevik Liderlik ve Proaktiflik) oluştuğu tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre eğitim örgütlerinde yöneticilerin çevik liderlik becerilerini ölçmek için kullanılabilecek kabul edilebilir değerlerde güvenilir ve geçerli bir ölçme aracı olduğu söylenebilir.
Creation of Money in a Full Reserve Banking System and the Separation of Money from Interest – Presentation of the Balance Sheets of the Central Bank and Commercial Banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Omerbegović Arapović Adisa
Published: January 2025

This paper evaluates the impact of a paradigm shift in the monetary system by introducing a model of full reserve banking, focusing on the outcome of separating the generation of money from interest, which can only be achieved by abolishing the system of creating money through debt creation in the banking system. The main thesis argues that the current system, in which private commercial banks create money by issuing loans, results in deposits that mix savings achieved through economic activity with newly created money, leading to economic inefficiency and potential instability because debt and interest are always greater than the economic value created. The 100% sovereign money system corrects this by ensuring that only the central bank has the authority to create money, simplifying the financial landscape and restoring money to its rightful status as a public good and stable unit of measure. The study uses a comparative analysis between the current banking system with fractional reserves and the proposed banking system with 100% sovereign money, which is entirely reserve money. Balance sheet modeling demonstrates the impact of segregating investment and deposit accounts on the books of banks and the central bank. The methodology includes a hypothetical presentation of the balance sheet under the new system, emphasizing the accounting separation of “deposit” and “investment” accounts to end the creation of money by private commercial banks. The balance sheet analysis indicates that adopting a 100% sovereign money system requires state intervention through state deposits into the banking system to achieve the desired level of credit activity.
The Impact of Socio-Emotional Learning on School Success and Student Behavior
Authors: Ninčević Marino Marjan
Published: January 2025

This paper provides a detailed examination of the impact of social-emotional learning (SEL) on students’ school performance and behaviour, with a special focus on analysing the integration of SEL programs into the school curriculum. The subject of the paper is aimed at showcasing the benefits that SEL brings to students, ranging from improved school performance to the development of social skills and the reduction of problematic behaviour. The purpose of the research is to highlight the importance of SEL in education while emphasizing key pedagogical and social implications arising from its implementation. The structure of the paper begins with an introduction to the concept of SEL, defining its core components such as self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. It then analyses the impact of SEL programs on school performance and student behaviour, highlighting how SEL can significantly reduce problematic behaviours and improve social interactions among students. The paper also addresses the challenges of implementing SEL, including a lack of resources and teacher training, as well as the need for involving parents and the broader community. The paper provides recommendations for further research on the long-term effects of SEL programs, emphasizing that continuous teacher training and active parental involvement are key to the successful implementation of SEL. The pedagogical implications of the study point to the need for the systematic integration of SEL into the education system, which can, in the end, improve students’ school performance and emotional well-being.
Some Ideas for Improving Philosophy Teaching in a Digital Environment – Contributions from the Contemporary Croatian Secondary Education System (Ks4, Ks5)
Authors: Golubović Aleksandra
Published: January 2025

In this paper will be presented some ideas for improving philosophy teaching in secondary education schools, i.e. gymnasiums (KS4 and KS5). The ideas primarily concern the improvement of reading, especially the critical and creative reading of philosophical texts in the teaching of philosophy, because texts, that is, work on the text – when it comes to teaching philosophy – is one of our key tools. In addition, we will present several proposals, that is the possibility of processing a case study in a digital environment, for example, in the teaching of philosophy, or more precisely, in the domain of ethics – which in the new philosophy curriculum in Croatia, in addition to metaphysics and epistemology, represents one of the three key domains out of which each is compulsory in every school year. It is particularly important for us that the teaching of philosophy is conducted interactively, which in other words means through discussions and dialogue with the students, so we will sufficiently value that element in our work.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation within the Context of Creating a Stimulating Learning Environment
Authors: Krulj Jelena , Marković Emilija , Simijonović Ivana , Lazović Nataša
Published: January 2025

The phenomenon of motivation is extremely important for the course and outcomes of teaching and can influence the action of other factors that are indispensable in the teaching process. For example, the general or specific abilities of an individual may be highly developed, but if the person is not motivated, these abilities will also be minimized, questioned or non-existent. However, it can be the other way around – good motivation can increase the development levelof certain abilities. Motivation always strives towards a goal that a person strives for, towards knowledge or willingness to put in effort for achieving a certain goal, regardless of obstacles, compulsions or other various challenges.The aim of this paper is focused on the analysis of the importance of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, individual incentives for learning and their role in the process of creating a supportive learning environment. The essence of education and students’ personality development, along with other factors,is also the development of motivation for learning. Reforming the teaching-learning process towards greater activation of students’ internal strengths, that would occur freely, spontaneously and unobtrusively, is the task of dealing with motivation in the school context and it has a concrete social significance and contribution.
Burnout Syndrome in Maternal Role
Authors: Vrcić Amar Anida
Published: January 2025

Satisfaction with fulfilling the parental role is considered a crucial component of experiencing parental competence. The concept of burnout was initially defined within the domain of occupational psychology, while in Europe, the concept of parental burnout emerged in the early 21st century, particularly in the context of parents of children with developmental challenges. Following parental burnout, the concept of maternal burnout has become particularly crystallized in psychological reality. The concept of maternal burnout has been relevant in the past five years, attracting researchers due to increasingly transparent consequences. This paper will present a broader discourse on motherhood with a specific emphasis on maternal burnout. Since correlates of maternal burnout are still underresearched, understanding the context of motherhood through a cultural-psychological dimension is deemed important. Feminist theories of motherhood also assist in understanding the challenges faced by contemporary mothers, while the current moment highlights the compatibility of postpartum depression with maternal burnout as particularly significant to explore.
Job Satisfaction of Preschool Teachers: Challenge for Institutional Management
Authors: Nikolić Mirjana , Korać Isidora , Panić Tanja
Published: January 2025

The authors of the study start from the understanding that job satisfaction represents an emotional-cognitive-conative way of reacting of employees, where the affective segment of satisfaction includes the employee’s feelings towards the job concerning the job content and working conditions, the cognitive segment comprises the assumptions and beliefs of the employee about their job, while the conative segment of job satisfaction refers to the subjective job evaluations of employees and their willingness to exert effort based on that evaluation. The aim of the conducted research is to examine overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with different aspects of the job of preschool teachers, as well as to analyze differences in job satisfaction assessments depending on the length of service. For the research, the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS, Spector, 1985) scale was used. The study involved 150 preschool teachers employed in 14 facilities of two preschool institutions in the Republic of Serbia. The results show that participants reported low satisfaction with aspects such as salary, work procedures, and promotion, but high satisfaction with aspects like colleagues, management, and the nature of the job. The overall job satisfaction scale revealed an ambivalent attitude towards the job. Preschool teachers with up to 10 years of service are significantly more satisfied with their job compared to those with longer service. The findings of the research are significant in the context of designing strategies that the institution’s management can apply to motivate employees.
Feedback in Online Education – Blind Loop
Authors: Komarica Tahani
Published: January 2025

The paper presents the potential causes of the problems in the interpersonal student-lecturer communication model in online education through the limitation of feedback, which is one of the basic communication tools for achieving interpersonal communication among the key human actors in online educational process. Usual complaints for online education are manifested in difficulties of achieving social presence which leads to impersonality in online classes, and feedback is one of the key communication tools trying to overcome these shortcomings. The elementary weakness of previous research is reflected in ways and effects produced by limited student feedback to lecturer to modulating the lecturer feedback to students. Feedback analysis through three fundamental models of interpersonal communication: linear, interactive and transactional, indicated that online education does not provide a complete transactional communication model because of a reduction of verbal and especially, nonverbal communication among student and lecturer which makes feedback a partially blind loop that makes interpersonal communication difficult.
Violent crime and motives
Authors: Kondor-Langer Mirjana
Published: January 2025

The aim of the conducted research was to gain insights into the characteristics of the areas where incidents of violence occurred, the type of violence, the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, and the gender of the perpetrator, with a particular emphasis on identifying differences in these characteristics based on the perpetrator's motives.The presented results are part of the scientific research project Croatian Violence Monitor – Study of incidence patterns, causes, and prosecution of delinquent violence with a focus on protecting particularly vulnerable victim groups. The research findings indicated that domestic violence is the most prevalent type of violence, with revenge and jealousy being the predominant motives. In light of these findings, it is crucial from a practical standpoint that all competent authorities responsibly, conscientiously, and consistently conduct individual victim assessments in accordance with the Regulation on the Methods of Individual Victim Assessment (Official Gazette, No. 106/17). Among other things, this means placing even greater emphasis on proposing and imposing protective measures in misdemeanor proceedings, and in criminal proceedings, applying purposeful security measures when conditions permit, aimed at eliminating circumstances that enable or encourage the commission of new criminal offenses (Article 66 of the Criminal Procedure Act, Official Gazette, No. 125/11, 144/12, 56/15, 61/15, 101/17, 118/18, 126/19, 84/21, 114/22, 114/23, 36/24).
Security Challenges: Analyzing Violence from a Multidisciplinary Research Perspective
Authors: Čustović Enita
Published: January 2025

This paper examines violence as a form of deviant behavior through a multidisciplinary lens, reflecting social, economic, and cultural tensions in contemporary societies. The text provides an introduction to the thematic issue on violence and, through a review of the content and research findings of the articles published in this section, examines violence in various forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, and structural, as well as the growing presence of cyber violence in the digital age. The authors emphasize the role of media in normalizing violence, particularly among youth, and argue for the need for holistic, interdisciplinary responses involving education, social programs, legal frameworks, and collective efforts to prevent and reduce violence. The study highlights the importance of empathy, solidarity, and resilience within communities, and calls for the rethinking of security from a humanistic perspective. The work concludes that sustainable violence prevention requires the involvement of multiple disciplines and actors, including educational institutions, local communities, and the media.
Symbolic Violence, Site of Memory and Transitional Justice Reconciliation Framework in Vukovar
Authors: Cvikić Sandra
Published: January 2025

The aim of this article is to critically examine the transitional justice process of reconciliation in post-war Vukovar, focusing on symbolic violence and sites of memory. Compared to the international publications, those published by the author of this paper are critically reviewed as an exercise in self-reflexivity and moral responsibility for the knowledge produced about the war victims of Vukovar in 1991. The concluding remarks, therefore, offer new insights into the relational dynamics of symbolic violence and newly created sites of memory in post-war Vukovar. Moreover, this modest attempt to decipher the tangible impacts of the reconciliation framework of transitional justice in Vukovar has confirmed the inability of socially constructed politics to manage symbolic violence and sites of memory after a bloody war.
From History to Headlines: Football Violence and Its Societal Impact in Croatia
Authors: Kuharić Darija
Published: January 2025

This paper delves into the complex issue of football-related violence in Croatia, linking it to the country’s rich historical narrative and social dynamics. It seeks to understand the multifaceted factors contributing to violence within football culture, a phenomenon deeply tied to national identity. The research aims to analyze the interconnections between historical events, societal structures, and political influences that shape football-related violence, guided by the central question: “How do historical, social, and political contexts influence the occurrence of violence in football culture in Croatia?” Two key hypotheses underpin the study: first, that football violence has historical roots extending beyond recent decades, challenging the notion of it being a modern phenomenon; second, that media sensationalism plays a significant role in shaping public perception, often obscuring the historical context of such violence. By examining these dimensions, the paper aims to provide insights into the causes of football-related violence. It may serve as a foundation for potential solutions to at least part of the problem, contributing to the broader goal of reducing violence in football.
The Psychodynamics of Media Violence: Why do We Always Have so Little?!
Authors: Praskač-Salčin Irena , Brkić Šmigoc Jelena
Published: January 2025

Previous research on the correlation of media, violence, and end users of media content in the focus of analysis had the representation and definition of “violent scenes and content” in various media formats as problematic, media content on the physical, emotional, or mental state of media users. The research also focused on correlations between individual personality traits and the motivation to search, demand, and consume scenes of violence in different media formats. The text analyzes the motivation, level of engagement, and needs of end media users in searching for and using violent media products and understanding their expected forms of gratification from such activities, starting from the point of view that people find media-mediated violence interesting, attractive and exciting and that they are inclined to different forms of motivation searching, using and sharing various problematic contents. With a qualitative approach through research conducted on two focus groups (N=24), group discussion, interaction, and observation method, the research tried to differentiate the ways and habits of using media and media content and to understand and explain whether and why media users collect, research, process and disseminate media content with elements of violence. The analysis shows that the respondents focus their interest on media descriptions of realistic violent content. Still, they are not attracted to explicit violence in media disseminated formats, but to what it is associated with. Respondents resolve cognitive dissonance in the context of their attitudes following their actions to justify their chosen behaviour and the appeal of media messages with elements of violence.
Linguistic Patterns of Racism in German Football
Authors: Ćurković Amela
Published: January 2025

This research analyzes the media discourse on racism in football in Germany. The main goal of this paper is to find linguistic patterns that should reflect the way in which racist behavior is related to the immigrant background of certain football players. For this purpose, several media texts were selected that describe cases in which some German football players were exposed to racism, such as Jérôme Boateng, Mesut Özil and Gerald Asamoah. These three show different contexts that encouraged racist behavior towards them, but all three cases could be summed up by Mesut Özil’s sentence: “German when we win, immigrant when we lose”. The methodology applied in this work is based on the linguistic analysis of the discourse. This approach has especially developed among German linguists who believe that discourse analysis should be conducted exclusively on the basis of the language itself and linguistic patterns, and that conclusions are drawn only on the basis of what is linguistically realized.
Constructing Meaning, Shaping Society: The Calculability and Cancellability of Conversational Implicatures
Authors: Blečić Martina
Published: January 2025

This paper investigates the features of calculability and cancellability of conversational implicatures, focusing on their societal importance. The analysis of the carnival effigy Škuribando Fureštić is used to illustrate how conversational implicatures can be employed to maintain the social status quo and perpetuate stereotypes. This is not to suggest that implicatures are more prominent than explicit communication in achieving these effects, but rather that their indirect nature is often exploited to avoid responsibility for the conveyed message. This paper challenges the notion that implicatures are easily cancellable and deniable, arguing that cancellation often leads to logical implausibility, thereby indicating faulty communication.
Linguistic Violence: From Benign to Fatal Consequences
Authors: Spahić Edina , Kolenović-Đapo Jadranka
Published: January 2025

Language, as the basic means of communication, transmits information and also provides us with an insight into the worldly values. In this paper, we shall examine general definitions of linguistic violence, as well as the consequences caused by inappropriate and irresponsible use of language. Violent language, as a form of communication, is encountered in all economic and social interactions at all ages; therefore, it has not been bypassed by the young population at all. Actually, it has become increasingly present in educational institutions and outside of them. As a matter of fact, it is with continuous use or exposure to violent communication that the social and emotional maturation of young people is extremely affected, and, in this paper, we shall provide the analysis of a specific case of verbal and symbolic violence with an unfortunate and tragic outcome. We shall also try to direct attention to the fact that timely detection of violent behaviour can prevent undesirable outcomes. Also, the paper elaborates on mechanisms that are effective for its suppression so that a person, if exposed to verbal violence, does not become a target of other forms of violent behaviour by an individual or a group of bullies.
The Representation of Systemic Racial and Gender-Based Violence and Its Effects in Pearl Cleage's Flying West and Bourbon at the Border
Authors: Čirić-Fazlija Ifeta
Published: January 2025

The overwhelming sense of instability and distress this causes, and the conspicuous rise in heinous crime and racial and gender chauvinism, harassment and bullying all around the globe demand a scrutiny of the insidiousness of violence. This is a moral responsibility of any contemporary author. The current paper analyzes images of systemic racial and gender-based violence in two fictional dramatic works created by African American playwright Pearl Cleage in the 1990s, while reflecting on post-Reconstruction Black American history. To inspect the surreptitious effects of systemic violence as portrayed in the two plays, the paper first discusses forms of violence. It is claimed that Cleage reminds modern audiences of the lengthy history of white violence ingrained in the formation of the United States and that the two analyzed plays illustrate the oppressive consequences of such systemic violence.
Portrayal of Urban Violence in JG Ballard’s Novels
Authors: Škobo Milena , Đukić Jovana
Published: January 2025

This paper deals with the social and humanistic aspects of life within communities affected by violence, focusing on the concrete manifestations of violence in JG. Ballard’s The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), his urban disaster novel High Rise (1975), and his urban violence novel Cocaine Nights (1996), to explore the evolving typologies of violence within urban settings. Each novel offers a unique exploration of violence within the urban landscape, ranging from psychological and societal violence to the fetishisation of automotive accidents and the darker undercurrents of suburban tranquillity. The paper offers insights into Ballard’s recurring motifs and stylistic approaches to depicting urban violence. The hypothesis posits that Ballard’s depiction of urban violence serves as a reflection of contemporary societal anxieties and the impact of modernity on human behaviour. We suggest that the violence in urban communities portrayed in these novels stems directly from society’s obsession with media sensationalism and technological progress. Additionally, there is a reciprocal relationship between the urban environment and the human psyche, where the protagonists’ internal states are projected outward. By dealing with the specific forms of violence depicted in selected novels, the paper seeks to elucidate the thematic nuances of societal breakdown, the alienation of individuals and its impact on their well-being within the context of contemporary urban life.
Birds in Kajkavian Phraseology
Authors: Malnar Jurišić Marija
Published: January 2025

The paper will present phrasemes of the Kajkavian dialect composed of bird names. Namely, the phraseological corpus has established the existence of diverse components with animal names, including ornithonyms. While some of them are part of international phraseology, others have only been confirmed in a particular group of dialects or a local dialect. This paper will focus on the most frequently occurring phrasemes within Kajkavian phraseology, while also highlighting those considered rarely attested. It will also observe the representation of the mentioned phrasemes in the Croatian language as a whole, and attempt to determine the motivation behind their origin. The material for the analysis was excerpted from the existing literature and partly collected through field research. In this way, it was possible to draw conclusions about the established spectrums of meanings (e.g., the relationship between physical and psychological) and demonstrate the more extensive symbolism of certain ornithonyms in dialect phraseology, often exactly those that are characteristic for a specific region or for the everyday reality of the speakers of a given language.
Two Faces of One Suffix: Some Thoughts on Using Corpora in Usage-Based Studies of Word-Formation
Authors: Buljan Gabrijela
Published: January 2025

This paper compares the semantic profile of a single multifunctional derivational suffix derived from data obtained in two general digital corpora of Croatian. The primary motivation is to explore whether our verdicts about the semantics of affixes may depend on the corpus selected as the source of empirical material. The issue is of vital importance, especially for those studying word formation from a usage-based perspective. If grammar is construed as the cognitive organization of our experience with language (Bybee 2006) and if we turn to large, general digital corpora for evidence of this experience, we must be aware that examining different corpora may lead to different hypotheses about users’ internalized grammar. The here-presented semantic analysis of the Croatian nominal suffix -ar(a) in the more controlled Croatian National Corpus v3.0 and the liberal web-based corpus hrWaC v2.2 yielded conspicuously different results about its dominant function. This does not mean that similar discrepancies would necessarily be observed with other affixes, and it most certainly does not negate the value of corpora in studying word formation. However, such results do caution us against generalizing corpus-relative findings into some general “truth” about the affixes studied.
Conceptualization of Death in Oscar Wilde´s Modern Fanciful Tale The Selfish Giant: A Cognitivist Approach
Authors: Vidović Ester
Published: January 2025

The paper addresses the controversial nature of presenting the concept of death in children´s literature. Young children seem to understand death at a relatively young age. However, there have been controversies related to how this topic should be addressed in children´s literature. While some take a stand that children should be shielded as much as possible, others believe we have to present a true and honest image of death in literature. Oscar Wilde´s modern fanciful tales provide a fertile ground for studying the concept of death. His fairy tales often do not have a happy ending, and in many of his stories, protagonists die unjustly, which gives children a more realistic picture of death. The concept of death in the story The Selfish Giant has been analysed via the Theory of Conceptual Metaphors, as proposed by Mark Johnson and George Lakoff and other scientists from a cognitivist background. The proposed metaphors are founded on spatial image schemas as well as primary metaphors, as elaborated by Lakoff and Johnson. Death in Wilde´s stories is portrayed in subtle tones and in accordance with the philosophy of life cycles, as well as the Judeo-Christian tradition. Moreover, Wilde´s poetic language makes the fairy tale a worthy and enjoyable read for young children.
Teaching and Learning German as a Foreign Language in Primary and Secondary School: A Case Study
Authors: Kovač Mirjana Matea , Ugrina Silvija
Published: January 2025

The development of communicative and pragmatic competence is considered one of the main goals of modern foreign language teaching. The primary focus of this paper is to explore how German was taught in school. 35 learners in the first and second years of the Bachelor’s degree program in German studies in the 2021/2022 academic year at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split were surveyed. An online questionnaire was used for the study, which included an overview of German lessons in primary and secondary school. The absolute majority of respondents agreed that formulaic sequences were taught in primary and secondary school. However, regarding the question of promoting fluency, there are divided opinions among the students. In addition, most respondents agree that the focus in both primary and secondary German lessons was on grammar and spelling rules and less on their active use in the spoken language. Also, from the received answers to the question posed about the method of teaching linguistic content, it is clear that the teaching of the content from the textbooks was, as a rule, taught according to the principle of reading, translating and memorizing, without repetitions in the form of dialogues and in some new communication situations. Thus, the present study can serve as a stimulus to think about more modern teaching methods, aiming at the development of communicative and pragmatic skills.
Collocations in German and Austrian Annual Reports – A Synchronic Approach
Authors: Marušić Borislav , Marušić Kristina
Published: January 2025

Since the second half of the 19th century, the corporation as a legal entity has played a crucial role in the world economy because it has significantly contributed to technological and, therefore, social development. Most inventions, industries, and new technologies from the second half of the 19th century until today have been created under the auspices of the corporation. German and Austrian corporations contributed to the technological development of these two countries and positioned them at the top of the most developed European countries. Despite the importance of corporations in economic life, the German corporate language, the way in which corporations communicate with their owners, employees, customers, creditors, and the broader investment public, has not been significantly researched. This paper presents the results of synchronic research on collocations in the annual reports of German and Austrian corporations for the business year 2022. Two corpora consisting of eight annual reports of corporations representing head-to-head competitors and coming from two variants of the German language (standard German and Austrian German) were analyzed and compared. The results of the linguistic analysis show the differences in the lexicon in the two variants of the German corporate language. They can be a stimulus for further corpus research in that area. The paper also has pedagogical implications, as it can help raise awareness among economics students of the lexical differences between the two varieties of the German language. Furthermore, the results obtained can be used to teach Business German and prepare vocabulary practice exercises.
Blue as a Component of Collocations and Idioms in German and Bosnian Languages in Print Media and Electronic Publications
Authors: Delić Merima
Published: January 2025

This paper presents a contrastive analysis of idioms and collocations featuring the color blue in German and Bosnian print media and electronic publications. The aim of the analysis was to identify differences at the morphological, syntactic, and lexical levels, as well as to determine cultural differences between the two languages. The corpus included 22 examples: five collocations in German, seven in Bosnian, three idioms in German, and four in Bosnian. The corpus also included compounds as translation equivalents (e.g., “blue-collar” and “blue-collar worker”), as German increasingly relies on such structures. The paper notes instances where concepts were directly translated from English (e.g., “blue wall,” “Blue Monday”) and identifies examples without equivalents in the other language (e.g., “blue book,” “blue spring,” “blue phone”). The contrastive analysis aimed to assess the extent to which collocations and idioms involving the color blue align with their counterparts in the target language. The results show that the meanings and contexts in which collocations and idioms with the component of blue appear largely coincide. In most examples, the color blue carries positive connotations, symbolizing peace, security, agreement, neatness, reliability, clarity, justice, and empathy. A small number of examples suggest negative connotations, where blue can symbolize suppressed melancholy (e.g., “Blue Monday,” “blue phone”). The analysis demonstrated a significant influence of social factors, culture, and tradition on the formation of new collocations and idioms involving the color blue in the language. Newer, modern lifestyles (“Blaue Nacht” / “blue night,” “das Blaue Herz” / “blue heart”), migration (“blaue Karte” / “blue card”), social status (“blue-collar worker”), and various social and political situations (“der Notruf für die Seele” / “blue phone,” “Blue Monday,” “blaue Welle” / “bluewave”) have contributed to the creation of new collocations and idioms. We can conclude that social order, culture, and historical circumstances play a significant role in the creation of new collocations and idioms featuring the color blue. In most cases, these expressions carry similar connotations, indicating the universality of blue as a symbol. This can be attributed to the geographic proximity of the countries and their belonging to a similar cultural sphere. The paper demonstrates that new collocations and idioms continue to emerge in both languages. Examples such as “Blue Monday,” “blue card,” and “blue wave” illustrate the global influence of modern lifestyles, trends, migration, and social and political changes, all contributing to the creation of new expressions. The conclusions drawn in this paper apply only to the analyzed corpus.
Croatian Gfl Learners: On the Role of Depth of Processing under Explicit and Implicit Instructions While Processing Verbs That (Can)Not Be Used in the Passive Voice
Authors: Šarić Šokčević Ivana
Published: January 2025

The present study aimed to examine 92 Croatian learners of German as a foreign language in regard to depth of processing under explicit and implicit instruction when being exposed to a complex grammar form, German verbs that (can)not be used in the passive voice. Depth of processing was measured by employing offline think-aloud protocols. The experiment followed a pre-, immediate post-, and delayed test design with 2 months between tests consisting each of two grammatical interpretation tasks and a controlled transformation task. Overall, results showed that participants in the explicit condition showed deeper instances of processing correlating with better immediate and delayed test results. These results led to pedagogical implications to be considered for the GFL classroom context concerning complex grammatical structures.
Observations Regarding Expanded Verbal Adverbials with the Meaning of Intention Accompanied by the Postposition İçi̇n (for, in Order To)
Authors: Solak Edina , Bašić Mirza , Mešić Asja
Published: January 2025

This paper analyzes grammatical and semantic features of expanded verbal adverbials with the meaning of intention, which are formed through postpositional constructions where the postposition için (for, in order to) functions as the postpositional component. The analysis is divided into three parts and it is based on descriptive analytics as well as contrastive approach. The primary source consists of examples from Kemal Tahir’s novels titled Esir Şehrin İnsanları, Esir Şehrin Mahpusu and Yol Ayrımı. The first part of the paper analyzes grammatical and semantic features of single-subject sentences, where the subject of the expanded verbal adverbial with the meaning of intention accompanied by the postposition için (for, in order to) is identical to the subject of the correlative predicate to which the adverbial group with the meaning of intention is subordinated. The second part of the paper deals with the analysis of multi-subject sentences in which the subject of the expanded verbal adverbial accompanied by the postposition için (for, in order to) is not identical to the subject of the correlative predicate to which the adverbial group with the meaning of intention is subordinated. The third part analyzes examples where expanded verbal adverbials with the meaning of intention accompanied by the postposition için (for, in order to) are subordinated to an infinitive correlative predicate. Within the framework of contrastive analysis, expanded verbal adverbials with the meaning of intention accompanied by the postposition için (for, in order to) are compared with semantically similar syntactic constructions in Bosnian language. Such analysis contributes to a better and easier understanding of expanded verbal adverbials with the meaning of intention, which are expressed through postpositional constructions where the postposition için (for, in order to) functions as a postpositional component.
Transformation of the Family in Contemporary Society: Some Basic Indicators
Authors: Ćorluka Bojana , Košarac Biserka
Published: January 2025

The family, as one of the fundamental and most important social subsystems, has experienced a radical transformation since the second half of the 20th century until today.It belongs in those social phenomenon, whose changes happen slowly and invisible, it doesn’t metter if it is about changes in intime sphere or about thei shape, structure and functions. Those trends of change request from the resercher to find out their cause, direction, deep and consiquences. The transformation of the family is primarily reflected in the trend of reconstruction of traditional marriage, the increased number of divorces, as well as the increase in alternative forms of married and family life. Marriage has lost their characteristic of universality, nuclear family stops to be only form of family life The subject of this paper is to determine what are the key changes, what are their characteristics and what are their social,
economic and cultural causes through monitoring statistical data for certain indicators: marriage rate, divorce rate and number of single-parent families, from the theoretically concept of Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim.
Contribution to the Concept of the (Bosnian) Nation: It Is Important to Be Called Bosnian/Bosniak
Authors: Pašalić Enes
Published: January 2025

The idea of Bosnia and Bosnian identity is a constant companion of Bosnian history from the Middle Ages, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian rule, through Yugoslavia to the present day, but at the same time, its denial as a heretical idea is also present. In recent times, among the most prominent promoters of the idea of the Bosnian nation are Senadin Lavić and Slavo Kukić, who understand the concept of nation from different theoretical positions: one that sees the nation as a community of origin and the other that sees the nation as a community of citizens-citizens. Unlike these two approaches to the nation, which are mutually exclusive, Schnapper believes that there are no two approaches to the idea of the nation. The nation, she believes, represents a specific form of "political unity", and its ideal is the transcendence of particularity by integrating a diverse population into a community of free and equal citizens. Political unity is the ontological basis that holds the nation together as a specific social group. If the social connective tissue of a nation is political, which separates friend from foe, and if in the case of Bosnian Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks the political (national) is derived from the confessional, the question arises whether it is possible to rise from the three confessional-national particularities to the the level of the universal and build a political community of friends, formally equal and free citizens, or is BiH as a modern democratic state possible? The Bosnian nation, as a political community, which the author advocates, is derived from the Bosnian myth (belief) in the common origin of all indigenous inhabitants medieval Bosnia, who were called Bosnians, Bosniaks, Bosnians, and which immanently transcends the confessional pluralization of Bosnians and establishes a historically substantial continuity of the unity and diversity of Bosnian identity. However, the question of the reality of the idea of the Bosnian nation remains.
Empowering Youth: Innovative Strategies for Preventing Teen Violence
Authors: Draganović Selvira
Published: January 2025

Violence is one of the most serious violations of human rights, as evidenced by its complexity and effects. Young people’s violence is one of the most prominent types of violence in our culture. Adolescents who exhibit violent conduct are also more likely to engage in other harmful behaviours, such as chronic lying, drug addiction, reckless driving, high-risk sexually transmitted infections, and chronic absences from school. Emotional difficulties, such as a lack of emotional regulation skills, difficulty resolving conflict, or difficulties coping with feelings of rage, jealousy, or rejection, frequently lead to violence in young people. Since many teen conversations now take place in public on the internet, these difficulties have worsened as social media has grown in popularity. This heightens the teenagers’ feelings of guilt, embarrassment, humiliation, and fear of others’ judgment. Psychologists are shedding light on the matter with their research insights, highlighting the protective and risk factors in violent conduct and prevention strategies and initiatives. This paper attempts to propose a new approach to the prevention and disruption of violence among adolescents that puts an emphasis on developing strengths and abilities rather than standard psychoeducation. Some of the promising strategies that can assist in forecasting teens’ risk for real-world violence include making meaning, developing interpersonal skills, regulating emotions and behaviour, training in communication skills, peer-led programs, digital monitoring, and bystander intervention, which includes peers, parents, and teachers. Not only can these interventions shield teenagers during a crucial developmental stage, but they can also lower their future risk of committing and experiencing intimate partner abuse.