Breznikovo pojmovanje jezikovnih sprememb v Evangelijih in listih

This article uses a research methodology to analyze Anton Breznik’s commentary on the literary tradition in the collection known as Evangeliji in listi (EiL, Gospels and Epistles). The article starts by analyzing Breznik’s interpretation of the concept of literary tradition and some of his statements about the development of standard Slovenian, and literary style in EiL is also examined. It is then observed how linguistic ideology affects Breznik’s defnitions and the judgement of various authors in EiL. Quantitative data analysis and the defnition of the meaning and the time of a linguistic innovation is also examined. Finally, changes in various verb‑adverb combinations in eleven editions of EiL (from 1612 to 2003) are examined.