In the following essay, Lencek summarizes Kopitar's theories and accomplishments as a seminal figure of early nineteenth-century Slavic philology.
My subject is one of which I think my first...
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In the following essay, Cooper offers evidence to support the claim that Kopitar is the “Father of South Slavic Studies.”
Hier entscheiden facta, nicht Räsonnements!
(Kopit...
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In the following essay, Toporišič details Kopitar's efforts on behalf of an independent Slovene language and culture.
The late Professor Robert Auty dedicated a great deal of h...
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In the following essay, Pogačnik studies Kopitar's activity in recognizing and promulgating Slavic cultural identity within the Austrian Empire.
The host of problems raised by Jernej ...
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In the following essay, Cooper argues that Kopitar was foremost among early nineteenth-century Slavic philologists in acknowledging the uniqueness of Bulgarian language and culture.
If we define Bu...
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In the following essay, Naylor praises Kopitar as a promoter of the Slavic literary language rather than as a scientific scholar in the modern sense.
It is inevitable that we judge the work of scho...
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In the following essay, Toporišič examines the morphological features of Kopitar's Grammar.
In the scholarly literature Jernej Kopitar's Grammar1 has been characterized ...
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In the following essay, Butler assesses Kopitar's contributions as a collector and translator of Serbo-Croatian folktales.
Jernej Kopitar's role in promoting the collection and popula...
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In the following essay, Nedeljković probes the sources of Kopitar's work on the South Slavic languages and discusses the mutual influence of Kopitar and the Zagrebian bishop-scholar Maks...
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In the following essay, Stolz describes Kopitar's considerable influence on Vuk Karadžić and the modern development of the Serbo-Croatian literary language.
But the most import...
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In the following essay, Bonazza responds to Slovene critics who label Kopitar “anti-progressive.”
Jernej Kopitar's place in Slovene cultural history is anachronistic and parado...
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Critical Essay by Rado L. Lencek
