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The Dominant Language Constellations of young multilinguals in an international school in Croatia
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Davor Lakuš Regardless of their location, international schools serve as paradigmatic multilingual enclaves. They gather and group multiple cultures under one roof. Given the scope and the spectrum of different languages and cultures present, the pupils and the teachers necessarily find a common communicative foothold in a lingua franca, which is most often English. Thus, the pupils attending international schools are most often multilinguals by default, as they use and are fluent in their heritage...
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The Effect of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" on Pirate Terminology in Croatian Translations
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Teo Francišković The paper examines the translation of the English word pirate/piracy into Croatian using the Croatian words pirat(stvo) and gusar(stvo), more specifically it examines how the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise caused a change from the previous translation norm in which gusar(stvo) was the single dominant word. The research focuses on written texts translated from English into Croatian, ranging from literary works of fiction to research and encyclopedic books related to the topic of...
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The English of the Pennsylvania Dutch
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Lea Pintarić In the present paper, the English of the Pennsylvania German or Pennsylvania Dutch is analyzed based on different online sources. The thesis starts with a historical and sociolinguistic overview of PA Dutch, as well as with the clarification of different theoretical frameworks and terminology regarding the linguistic status of PA Dutch. Regardless of their differences, they all agree that Pennsylvania Dutch English is not one unified variety, but it encompasses both the variety spoken by...
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The English passive: students' comprehension and preferences
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Anela Mustafić The passive voice is considered to be more complex in structure and thus more difficult to process, whereas the active voice is thought to guarantee precision and clarity of meaning. However, there is a variety of passive constructions that are widespread in use. The theoretical part discusses the reasons that led to the misidentification and disapproval of the passive voice. It also studies features of the English passive, provides an overview of common constructions labelled as passive and...
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The Ethical and Moral Implications of Poverty in Down and Out in Paris and London and Cwmardy
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Kristina Grgurić This thesis seeks to analyse the role of poverty in two works of fiction - Lewis Jones' Cwmardy and George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. The focus is on the way both authors use the issue of poverty in their novels to communicate their ethical and moral beliefs to the readers. Both Jones and Orwell were political and socialist writers and their contributions to the general understanding of the issue of poverty are examined accordingly. Using the comparative method, as well as...
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The European Union and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia
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Luka Vujnović The dissolution of Yugoslavia has been analyzed from many perspectives and in many disciplines of humanities and social sciences. The international community and its presence, endeavours and involvement in Yugoslavia remain of interest to scholars. The European Union played a significant role in the dissolution process as well, which was the main analytical interest of this thesis.
This thesis answers questions on the simultaneously evolving processes of European integration, and how...
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The Home and the Self: Constructing Identities in Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Orlando
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Karla Rogožar Since the construction of a character includes a multitude of aspects, a variety of topics was considered and analyzed in the work. The first several pages differentiated between the personal and social identity, with the first one being salient in privacy and without an observer and the second one prone to activate in the presence of others, focusing on the notion of roles and social expectations introduced by Erving Goffman and his exploration of the front and the back regions. Following...
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The Impact of Text Type on the Quality of Machine Translation from Croatian to English and French
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Iva Belina The thesis explores the translation quality of five different text types (journalistic, administrative, literary, scientific, controlled) when translated by Google Translate from Croatian into English and French in order to help facilitate and speed up the translation process. By comparing the translation outputs, the study aims to identify the text type with the highest and lowest translation quality, as well as to compare the results of Croatian-English and Croatian-French translations....
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The Influence of English on Croatian Hip-Hop Language
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Marija Kozjak Language changes and develops along with the contexts it is used in and the purpose it is used for. It has been a major part of American hip-hop culture since its beginning and has been thoroughly examined. Since the English language has been the staple of hip-hop nation language, Croatian artists heavily depend on it when creating their work. In the thesis, I provide an overview of the English words and the words influenced by English in Croatian hip-hop lyrics. The items are separated into...
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The Influence of Psychedelic Substances on the 1960s Counterculture, Film and Literature
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Monika Simić This paper is about 1960s counterculture, the role of psychedelic drugs, and their representations in film and literature of the decade. Psychedelic substances are relevant for this era because they played an important role in the 1960s countercultural movement and were featured in a variety of musical, literary, and film works. The substances sometimes also influenced the authors and the content of the art which is one of the reasons for taking a close look at their representation in the...
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