Stjepan Babić

Stjepan Babić (29 November 1925 – 27 August 2021) was a Croatian linguist and academic.

Biography Babić was born in the small town of Oriovac in Brod-Posavina County, even though his biological parents are from Hrvatsko Zagorje. He attended primary school in Oriovac, and gymnasium in Slavonski Brod, Osijek and finally in Zagreb.

Selected works Babić was one of the most prolific Croatian linguists, with over one thousand published works (books, articles, etc.). Since the 1990s, Babić has been one of the leading proponents of language purism in Croatia. His puristic approach has been criticised by Ivo Pranjković and especially by Snježana Kordić. Babić's tendency to use the topic of language to spread nationalist ideology was evident in his articles published in the journal Jezik, in which Babić was editor-in-chief.

This listing includes only books:

"Hrvatski pravopis" (co-authored with Božidar Finka and Milan Moguš) 1. edition was outlawed in 1971 (reprints: London 1972, Zagreb 1990.), 2 1994, 3 1995, 4 1996, 5 2000, 6 2002, 7 2003 "Pregled gramatike hrvatskoga književnog jezika" (co-authored with Stjepko Težak) 1973 (later editions are called "Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika", such as that of 1992. (7. ed.), 2000. (12. ed.): "Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika : priručnik za osnovno jezično obrazovanje") "Tvorba riječi u hrvatskom književnom jeziku" 1 (an outline for the grammar) 1986, 2 1991, 3 2002 "Opća i slavenska terminološka problematika" 1987 "Hrvatska jezikoslovna čitanka" 1990 "Hrvatski jezik u političkom vrtlogu" 1990 "Povijesni pregled, glasovi i oblici hrvatskoga književnog jezika" 1991 "Tisućljetni jezik naš hrvatski" 1991 "Hrvatski jučer i danas" 1995 "Hrvatski politički vicevi" 1995 "Sročnost u hrvatskome književnome jeziku" 1998 "Crvena magla", novel 2000 "Vedre priče", short stories 2000 "Hrvatska jezikoslovna prenja" 2001