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Miloš Okuka

Miloš Okuka is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Miloš Okuka rather than just read about it. In short: Miloš Okuka (born August 2, 1944) is a Serbian linguist, Slavist, dialectologist and literature historian. He was born in the village of Porije, near Ulog in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Miloš Okuka (born August 2, 1944) is a Serbian linguist, Slavist, dialectologist and literature historian. He was born in the village of Porije, near Ulog in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After teaching as a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, from 1992 until 2009, he served as a lecturer at LMU Munich. In 2017, Miloš Okuka has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

Published works He published several hundred papers, and the following books:

Sava Mrkalj als Reformator der serbischen Kyrilliza (Munich, 1975) Govor Rame (Sarajevo, 1983) Jezik i politika (Sarajevo, 1983) Priče o oblicima riječi (Sarajevo, 1984) U Vukovo doba (Sarajevo, 1987) Ogledi o našem književnom djelu (Nikšić, 1990) A Bibliography of Recent Literature on Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovene languages (Munich, 1990, with Rada Lenecka) Književni jezik u Bosni i Hercegovini od Vuka Karadžića do kraja austrougarske vladavine (Munich, 1991, with Ljilana Stančić) Eine Sprache - viele Erben' (Klagenfurt, 1998) Bosna i Hercegovina prije 100 godina u riječi i slici - Bosnien-Hercegowina vor 100 Jahren in Wort und Bild - Bosnia and Hercegovina from 100 years ago (Munich - Banjaluka, 1990, with Meha Šoše) Deutsch-serbische Kulturbeziehungen im Spiegel des Volksliedes (Hamburg, 2003) Srpski na križnom putu (Istočno Sarajevo, 2006) Srpski dijalekti, (2008) Together with Josip Baotić, Miloš Kovačević and Čedomir Rebić, he authored four Serbo-Croatian textbooks for gymnasiums and high-schools in Bosnia and Hercegovina (Sarajevo, 1998–1992). For a number of years he served as the editor-in-chief of the journal Književni jezik. He edited and published several proceedings, lexicons and anthologies:

Das zerrissene Herz. Reisen durch Bosnien- Herzegowina 1530-1993. (Munich, 1994, with Petra Rehder) Traumreisen und Grenzermessungen: Reisende aus fünf Jahrhunderten über Slowenien (Klagenfurt, 1995, with Klaus Olof) Dobra zemljo šapni kroz zgnječene vlati : srpska književnost Bosne i Hercegovine od Ljubavića do danas (Banja Luka, 2001) Terra Bosna (Klagenfurt, 2002, with Ger Fischer) Lexikon der Sprachen das europäischen Ostens (Klagenfurt, 2002) Hrvatska književnost Bosne i Hercegovine od XV. stoljeća do danas (Sarajevo, 2002) Germano-Slavische Beiträge (Munich, 2004, with Ulrich Schweier) Hrvatska književnost Bosne i Hercegovine koncem XIX. i prve polovice XX. stoljeća. (Sarajevo, 2005) Kvarner (Klagenfurt, 2007, with Ger Fischer) Pojanja i kazivanja u skrbna i besudna vremena. Književnojezička baština bosanskih i hercegovačkih Srba pod turskom vlašću (Istočno Sarajevo, 2007) Mostar (Klagenfurt, 2008, with Ger Fischer)

References

Sources Okuka, Miloš (2008), Srpski dijalekti, SKD Prosvjeta

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Miloš Okuka

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Miloš Okuka claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Miloš Okuka before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Miloš Okuka ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Miloš Okuka

In research: Miloš Okuka appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Miloš Okuka in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Miloš Okuka is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1944 births, Dialectologists, Linguists from Serbia, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Miloš Okuka outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Miloš Okuka in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Miloš Okuka in simple terms?

Miloš Okuka (born August 2, 1944) is a Serbian linguist, Slavist, dialectologist and literature historian. He was born in the village of Porije, near Ulog in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Why does Miloš Okuka matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Miloš Okuka?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Miloš Okuka.