This paper discusses language acquisition in children aged two and three. The analysis was carried out on a corpus of child language compiled during research conducted at a kindergarten in Sarajevo among children aged two and three who acquire their native language in the area of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied in the corpus analysis. The development of child language production was measured by the Mean Length of Utterance, based on the number of words per utterance (MLUw). The distribution of parts of speech was established for both age groups. A special emphasis was placed on the ratio between the number of nouns and the number of verbs. The results have confirmed the nativist natural partitions hypothesis, according to which nouns are predominant in children’s early speech over verbs and other parts of speech. MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI) was applied in the semantic analysis of nouns. The analysis confirmed the hypothesis that nouns denoting animate beings have a higher prevalence over nouns denoting inanimate objects at the early stages of language acquisition. In addition, the presence of complex and abstract concepts was detected, which supports the theory of the existence of an innate language acquisition device in humans. The creative aspect of child language was also analysed, along with differences between the language of children and the language of adult speakers.

Twenty-seven years after the end of the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is still considered a post-conflict state dealing with war memories, genocide, socio-political divisions, and political and socio-economic challenges like ethno-nationalism, unemployment, social inequalities, a complex education system, high levels of corruption, migration, and depopulation. The article aims to investigate the role of female academics in peace-building, state-building and gender equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For this purpose, a survey questionnaire was distributed to female academics aiming to obtain data regarding female academic's role in the post-conflict society, how they have contributed to peace-building processes and the future of the country, the main issues and challenges they face as women in academia, their engagement in gender equality and women empowerment activities, the ways they cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in their professional and private life, and their work-life balance. Descriptive statistics and a thematic analysis of the participants' responses to open-ended questions were conducted. Female academics in Bosnia and Herzegovina hold that women play a pivotal role in post-conflict societies and that they should be actively engaged in peace-building and state-building processes. Women themselves should be the leaders of positive changes and female empowerment through education and by providing support to other women.

In 2021 fall semester, students and professors of International University of Sarajevo resumed face-to-face education after the period of online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the paper is to determine attitudes of students towards online education and return to face-to-face education and their recommendations on how to improve higher education during the pandemic. The instrument used to collect data was a survey questionnaire that was filled-in online. The total number of 103 students filled-in the questionnaire (n=103). Quantitative and qualitative methodology were applied. Descriptive statistics was conducted with SPSS software. The qualitative method of content analysis was applied to answers to open-ended questions. The results show a polarization of students into those who prefer online education and those who prefer face-to-face education. For the students, the main advantages of returning to face-to-face classes are: more efficient learning, socializing with their peers, higher quality of classes, better communication and true university experience. The disadvantages are: the risk of COVID-19 infection, difficult time management, issues related to mental health and lectures. For students, online education meant more time, advantages of online lectures, higher security during the pandemic, less stress and lower costs, but also issues with computers and internet, lectures, exams, a lack of contact with their peers and more stress. In order to improve higher education, the students highlight the importance of adjusting it to the circumstances of the pandemic, improving the teaching process and the relations between professors and students, and keeping the focus on students' needs.