%0 Journal Article %T Language Features of Croatian Marian Lyrics Written by Knji£¿evni Krug Split in the 16th century %A Jerkovi£¿ %A Suzana %A Tomeli£¿ £¿urlin %A Marijana %J - %D 2018 %X Sa£¿etak Among various motifs that from the very beginning of the poetic creativity in Croatia attracted the attention of our poets, it is beyond doubt that a special place belonged to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Just as Mary has a special place in the Croatian Christian Church as the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the same way Marian lyrics occupy a special place among the overall poetic expression, amongst the verses dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Numerous Croatian poets dedicated at least a small part of their poetic work to the Mother of Jesus. In this paper, the aim is to analyse some Marian poems written by the poets-members of Splitski knji£¿evni krug: Marko Maruli£¿, Frane Bogav£¿i£¿, Nikola Matuli£¿, Jerolim Martin£¿i£¿ and Frano Bo£¿i£¿evi£¿ Natalis. More precisely, in the analysis we are focusing on the poems that were written according to the Chakavian stylization of the 16th century Croatian language %K Marian lyrics %K Chakavian literary language %K phonological analysis %K morphological analysis %K Marko Maruli£¿ %K Frane Bogav£¿i£¿ %K Nikola Matuli£¿ %K Jerolim Martin£¿i£¿ %K Frano Bo£¿i£¿evi£¿ Natalis %U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=318886