Summary
A linguist from Pučišća who worked in general and algebraic linguistics and language policy. He served as director of the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics.
He brought mathematical approaches, including set theory, into linguistic analysis.
Pučišća, Zagreb and France
Kačić was born in Pučišća. He studied Romance languages in Zagreb and then worked as a lecturer at the University of Aix-en-Provence. There he earned a doctorate with a dissertation on set theory and linguistic analysis, connecting language with formal methods.
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University and institute work
He taught at faculties of humanities and social sciences in Zadar and Zagreb. From 1996 until his death, he headed the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics. His work covered general linguistics and algebraic linguistics, a field that describes linguistic relationships through formal structures.
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Language in the public sphere
Alongside theoretical questions, he worked on language policy. He published ‘Hrvatski i srpski: krivotvorine i zablude’ (‘Croatian and Serbian: Fabrications and Misconceptions’), and ‘Jezikoslovna promišljanja’ (‘Linguistic Reflections’) appeared posthumously. His connection with Brač is firmly established by his birthplace; it does not follow that he conducted his professional research specifically in Pučišća.
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