The dialectological work of Dalibor Brozovi？

Sa？etak The extremely versatile work of Dalibor Brozovi？ is considerably marked by research in dialectology and linguistic geography. He was primarily interested in the Middle South Slavic dialects diasystem as a whole; consequently, his engagement in the application of structural and genetic criteria in the classification of dialects yielded particularly prolific results. As far as his merits in dialectology are concerned, these are mostly related to the study of ？tokavian, and here what is especially important is the fact that he recognized and demonstrated that East Bosnian (ijekavian-？？akavian) is a separate ？tokavian dialect. Regarding national philology, outstandingly relevant are his contributions in which the premigrational state of dialects is reliably reconstructed, for example where was Croatian spoken in the Middle Ages and which were its dialectal physiognomies. In this respect, his insight into the importance of the Old Western ？tokavian dialect is particularly significant. The work of Brozovi？ in the domain of linguistic geography is substantial, especially in the drawing up of linguistic atlases, since he was engaged in numerous scientific projects, such as the Slavic Linguistic Atlas, the Carpathian Dialectological Atlas, the European Linguistic Atlas, etc. In all these endeavours, the merits of Dalibor Brozovi？ are immense, from his ideas, organization and fieldwork to his most demanding tasks and editorial duties