Bosnian

Coalition Language Representative

Azra Hodžić-Kadić teaches Bosnian and Croatian at the Language Center of the University of Vienna and is working on a project at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in the field of minority languages (VLACH). She is also engaged as a lecturer at The Institute of Slavonic Languages and Caucasus Studies at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Her research areas are minority languages, multilingualism, the study of the Bosnian language in a multilingual society, and the role of mother tongues in the formation of a polycentric identity. She actively speaks eight languages, initiated the project "Otkrij bosanski - Entdecke Bosnisch - Discover Bosnian," and is the president of the association of the same name in Vienna. This association aims to promote the Bosnian language and multilingualism in the diaspora. Azra Hodžić-Kadić is the author of the first multilingual textbook for Bosnian as a second/foreign language (Otkrij bosanski 1). Another textbook (Otkrij bosanski 2) and a grammar book are in preparation. She is the chairman and founder of the Multilingualism and Interculturality Initiative, which promotes multilingualism in a broader sense. She has participated in several international scientific conferences and given lectures at several world universities in Finland, France, Slovenia, Hungary, Denmark, the United States, Australia, Turkey, and Bosnia Herzegovina. She is the author of the book "Dreikopfwelt-Troglavi svijet". Azra is a member of several Slavic and linguistic associations (Wiener Sprachgesellschaft, Slavic Linguistic Society, EURASLA, KOMBI). Currently, she is working on a large quantitative-qualitative study of Bosliš/sh as a hybrid language in St. Louis.

Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2024