Post Scriptum

Interpersonal relationships in the prediction of school satisfaction of students and teachers

Sejla Bjelopoljak — 2024-07-22

Only those who love and are loved can teach, because children learn only from those they love, there is no other compromise. The generally accepted rule is that only what is loved can be refined and improved. Is it possible to successfully realize the mission of the school if the teacher is not a role model for the students, if the student has an aversion to the teacher, if the teacher does not direct his teaching towards the student, if the student or the teacher does not like the school? A series of questions opened the research curiosity by thinking about the factors that influence the school satisfaction of students and teachers. The aim of the work was to examine school satisfaction among secondary school students and teachers depending on the mutual perception of the relationship. Empirical research was carried out, which follows the qualitative-quantitative paradigm with the following methods: descriptive, theoretical analysis method and judgment/evaluation method. In the research, a survey questionnaire
for teachers and students “Evaluation of satisfaction with school” was used. The research sample consists of 192 respondents (96 students and 96 teachers of four-year and three-year secondary schools from the area of Una-Sana Canton). The results of the research did not confirm differences in the satisfaction of students and teachers regarding the type of school, years of schooling and work experience, but they did confirm that the quality of interaction and communication between students and teachers affects their satisfaction with the school.

The role of communication in preschool children's play

Mersiha Kolcakovic — 2024-07-22

All we do with children has a form of communication, not just words, but also the timbre of the voice, facial expression and body language. The way we communicate with children sends messages of respect, empathy and care, but it can also send the opposite messages. By actively listening to children, encouraging them to talk about their feelings, and using positive, descriptive language, we let children know they can confide in us. In addition, the way we communicate with others has an impact on teaching children to solve problems, to be selfaware and to know how to listen to other people. Children’s play and communication are closely related. Some experts describe children’s play as a social activity that represents a form of communication. Play has always been an integral part of children’s life and creativity as well as the basis of children’s development, their physical, intellectual and socio-emotional abilities. A child develops in a play and acquires the first concepts about himself / herself and his / her environment. Although lifestyles changed at various stages of social development, the play has remained an integral part of children’s activities in new social conditions. The play is the primary activity of a preschool child. In the game, a child communicates, expresses his / her feelings and relationships with the environment, the game enables them to actively participate in a social life. In the game, a child develops motor skills and his / her nervous system, enriches his / her vocabulary, expands his / her knowledge about the life and work of people, socializes and learns proper behavior in life. That is the reason why we can say that play affects the allround development of a child’s personality and that preschool institutions should pay a great attention to it.

Questions and tasks in reading texts for classroom teaching

Lejla Ovcina — 2024-07-23

In the last two decades, changes have occurred in the education system of Bosnia and Herzegovina which relate to revision of the curriculums, the introduction of new methods of learning and teaching and the transition to nine-year education. Certain aspects of knowledge acquisition have remained unchanged, which also applies to sources of knowledge. Among them is a textbook, which, regardless of the above changes, remains a significant factor in the teaching process and the starting point for the practical application of binding curriculums. In this research, reading books for the third, fourth and fifth grade of a nine-year elementary school were analyzed. The subject of analysis is the representation of questions and tasks in reading books according to Bloom’s taxonomy, which will lead to the one that is the most representative.

Development of the present tense in Bosnian legal texts of medieval Bosnia

Almira Dzanic — 2024-07-24

The paper deals with the development of the present tense in Bosnian legal texts of medieval Bosnia with the aim of better understanding the present tense and its continuations in the modern Bosnian language. The work is based on the corpus of charters that were created in the area of medieval Bosnia in the period from the 12th to the 15th century. We chose the corpus of charters because they are relatively far from the Church Slavonic language and are closer to the living vernacular. Present continuations are tabulated and accompanied by appropriate examples. This paper also includes a comparative analysis of the occurrence of present tenses in the Gospels. We chose this approach so that the relationship between Old Church Slavonicism and the influence of the vernacular language could be better observed. In part of this work, the method of learning and mastering the present tense is also methodologically explained through the teaching process at the faculty, because in our work with students we noticed the need for a more transparent presentation.

About the language of young people in the city of Bihać

Zrinka Ćoralić — 2024-07-24

This paper describes the linguistic creativity of the youth in the city of Bihać, which is reflectedin the use of slang in everyday communication and depicts the attitudes and characteristicsof the mentioned group. This non-standard lexis of the Bosnian language was collected bya survey of the student population. It has been established that the youth use emotional–expressive lexis to express attitudes, share experiences, and that this lexis of limited use iscreated to oppose the standard.

Semantic structure and typology of idioms with the main component “head” and their translation into English in “Tvrđava, (Fortress)” by Meša Selimović

Amela Dziho Hidovic — 2024-12-10

Idioms (idiomatic expressions) represent a certain challenge to literary translators due to
their associative meanings and usually culture-based origins. These expressions can be analysed
separately, however, it is necessary to study them in the light of the overall literary translation.
The paper will deal with the contrastive semantic analysis and translation of idioms with
the main nominal component “head” and their English translation equivalents in the literary
piece “Tvrđava” (“Fortress”) by Meša Selimović. The main level of analyses is the semantic
structure of original idioms along with their meanings given in idiomatic dictionaries.
Furthermore, the analyses will focus on semantic modifications within idioms made by the
author himself for stylistic purposes as well as semantic modifications made in translations.
Finally, the paper will analyse idiomatic typologies and methods of translation of idioms as
well as shed light

Metaphor of the speaker and hearer in the travelogue discourse

Bernisa Puris — 2024-12-10

One of the fundamental issues of contemporary stylistics is the issue of the distribution of linguistic means through which the speaker and hearer are actualized in different functional styles, their genres and texts. The aim of this paper is to analyze and interpret the replacement (synonymy or transposition) of the first person singular, as the speaking person, by its grammatical-metaphorical synonyms (enallage of the person) in the travel writing discourse. As travel writing discourse shows specificity in relation to other genres when it comes to replacing the first person singular with figurative lexis (tropes), the goal of this paper will be the analysis and interpretation of specific figurative lexis as a means of referencing the speaker/ emitter and hearer/ recipient in travel writing discourse. The final goal of the work is to point out the connotative value of the analyzed grammatical and lexical metaphors in the travel writing discourse and their specificity genre expression. The corpus is an anthological source of Bosnian travel writing of the 20th century.

The morphology of pronouns, ajdectives and numbers in the Oblici književne hrvaštine (1865) grammar book by Vinko Pacel

Borana Moric-Mohorovicic — 2024-12-10

This work analyses the grammatical description of pronouns, adjectives and numbers in the grammar book Oblici književne hrvaštine (1865) written by Vinko Pacel, member of the Rijeka Philological School. When it comes to grammatical categories of variable parts of speech, Pacel distinguishes gender (masculine, feminine and neutrum), numbers (singular, dual and plural) and case (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, instrumental, locative). Pacel didn’t define pronouns, adjectives and number (just like other parts of speech). Pacel categorizes pronouns into three classes based on declension patterns, and into six classes based on meaning. This paper analyses both divisions and the author’s considerations are put in the context of his time. The author distinguishes definite and indefinite adjectives. He claims that definite and indefinite adjectives are distinguished based on declension, meaning and accentuation. He pays special attention to the prosodic difference between examples of definite and indefinite adjectives. This work presents nominal and pronominal-adjective declension. Special attention is paid to the analysis of specificities in declension patterns. The author also briefly explains adjective comparison. Numbers are categorized into nine classes. The author pays attention to the declension of numbers, allowing the declension of numbers following four. Pacel’s grammatical solutions are put in the context of grammatical solutions of the Zagreb Philological School.

Medieval Bosnia as a cultural otherness of east and west

Azra Azra — 2025-02-05

Starting from the hypothesis that the specificity of Bosnian cultural identity finds its origin in the medieval culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the paper problematizes the culturalidentity representations of medieval Bosnia and confirmation of the cultural-identity specificity of Bosnia and Herzegovina in some medieval correspondence, documents and historiographical records. In order to point out the historically continuous perception of Bosnia as a cultural anomaly, an (internal) enemy and a threat to the historically and socio-culturally dominant cultural-civilizational systems of which it is a (formal) part, the paper analyzes the significance and role of heteroimages in the historical process of cultural positioning of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the intermediate space of large cultural-civilizational systems.

Representation of female identity in Muja Velić’s epic poems

Rajla Kurtovic-Kasic — 2025-02-05

The thematic framework of this work is the Bosniaks of the Krajina epic poem by Muja Velić, specifically the way of representing the female narrative identity in his poems. This epic singer, originally from the area of Bihać (more precisely from the town of Kamenica), in a skillful way, with stylized formulaic expressions and knowledge of tradition, managed to portray the historical, social and cultural conditions of that time in his epic poetry. The aim of this work is to question the female experience expressed through these poems under the hypothesis that the author has succeeded in presenting a female identity. By interpreting and analyzing his songs, the representation of the identity of female subjects in the epic-centric society of that time
will be carried out, then the function and role of women will be questioned and how they are profiled in the private, intimate sphere of life, and in what way in parties, fights, weddings and marriages.

Cultural aspects of the postwar itinerary

Nina Alihodzic – Hadzialic — 2025-02-06

This work is the analysis of the novel titled Stidovi i krivnje of the Bosnianherzegovinian writer Izet Perviz who accentuates most wonderfully the reflections of both war and postwar periods through the prism of cultural aspects. The narrative is realized on the observation of two female characters, Anđa and Elvira, and emphasis of the subtlety of female voice in the background story which elaborates the problematic criminal demagogy whilst questioning phalloscentric culture.
Parallelly, this novel is a very successful example of spiritual-cosmic imaginary within the itinerary discourse dimension. Literary critical but also cultural analysis challenges reinterpreting the categories such as identity, exile, home and homeland through criticism of ethnocentricism.

Risk and recovery factors in dealing with ambiguous loss

Elma Hadzic — 2025-02-06

The paper presents theoretical postulates related to the interpretation of the terms loss and mourning, interpretation of ambiguous loss, as well as risk and recovery factors in dealing with ambiguous loss. An overview of previous research on all topics indicates the need to distinguish causes, courses and consequences that a ambiguous loss can leave at the individual, family, as well as community level. The aim of this paper is to point out the need for an idiosyncratic approach to the grieving process in family members of missing persons by identifying potential risk factors and recovery. Some factors for one person may be resources, while for another they may be an obstacle to struggling with ambiguity and ambivalence. Also, some factors, such as replacement children, can represent a resource that facilitates the grieving process for one generation, but also a burden since mourning and the need to resolve it are passed on to the next generations.