„VAZDUHOPLOVAC PRI NESTALNOM VREMENU” (KROZ VASIONU I VEKOVE M. MILANKOVIĆA – O JEZIKU I STILU)

Abstract

The aim of the research in this paper is to point out one of the many aspects of the complexity and hybridity of Milanković’s work Kroz vasionu i vekove – the linguistic and stylistic means by which the balance of scientific and poetic expression is achieved. In the paper, we single out those stylistic and syntactic dominants that “animate” the phenomena that Milanković writes about, whether they belong to the sphere of astronomical science, history or culture in the broadest sense. In the paper, we consider the characteristic properties of personification, metaphor, simile and apostrophe. In addition, we also analyze syntactic means of additional identification and qualification, primarily apposition, but also other determinations (attributive, relative dependent clause). These syntactic units enable Milanković to present the essential characteristics of important historical figures as well as his contemporaries to the reader, to clarify scientific laws, facts and phenomena, both in an economical, concise, and stylistically dynamic manner.