The conference titled “Current Issues Concerning Serbian Grammar” was held on October 13th at the Andrić Institute. The organizers of this conference that brought together eminent linguists and university professors are Matica Srpska, the Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language and the Department of Serbian Language of the Andrić Institute.

The head of the Department of Serbian Language of the Andrić Institute, Miloš Kovačević, said that the idea of this conference was not to change grammar but pointing to the problems of this very important topic, because the grammar, in his words, is one of the central themes of the recent history of the Serbian literary language. Kovačević noted that the conference held in Andrićgrad was of great importance because it was the last conference on the grammar, or more precisely about the contributions to the Grammar of the Serbian Language, held 30 years ago.

As a part of the conference, which idea was to gather representatives of all the departments of the Serbian language, spoke Mato Pižurica, the only living author of the Grammar of the Serbian Language and the Deputy President of the Matica Srpska.

Prior to his presentation, Pižurica said:

“I have the honor to greet everyone in the name of Matica Srpska and its president, Dragan Stanić. Matica srpska has proven in her linguistic field that it has understanding for linguistic and national, which is inseparable, and with her actions in this field became directly related to the grammar, but also one of the pillars of resistance to the Serbian national dissolution. What is important to say about this conference is that the grammar is not only an expert but also a cultural issue, and I emphasize that one of the functions of our today’s conference is a serious preparation for important and concrete changes in certain elements of the grammar.”

On behalf of  the Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language as one of the organizers of the conference “Current Issues Concerning Serbian Grammar”, the Board’s Chairman, Sreto Tanasić, addressed the audience. He said that the Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language united all institutions dealing with the Serbian language. He emphasized that the role of the institution, whose president is himself, was to lead a constant struggle for the improvement of the Serbian language, and that this conference in the Andrić institute was one of its significant results and the driving force of future engagements in the field of the Serbian language.

Within the conference on the grammar of the Serbian language has spoken the representatives of Matica Srpska, the Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language, the Department of Serbian Language of the Andrić Institute, the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade, the Faculty of Philology and Art from Kragujevac, the Faculty of Philosophy from Niš, the Faculty of Philosophy from Pale, the Philosophical faculty from Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Philosophy from Nikšić, Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, daily newspaper “Politika” and publishing house “Beogradska knjiga”.