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Кондиционалне клаузе са идентификативним односом у српском језику
CONDITIONAL CLAUSES WITH AN IDENTIFICATIONAL RELATIONSHIP IN SERBIAN

Author(s): Marina J. Šafer
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: conditional clauses; protasis; apodosis; identification; term

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, a specific type of conditional clause is examined – one in which an identificational relationship is established between the protasis and the apodosis. This means that the protasis provides a definition or explanation of a given concept, while the apodosis identifies that concept. Consequently, the predicate of the apodosis is typically of a copular or semi-copular type, with its lexical core consisting of a specific term. Such sentences appear primarily in the scientific functional style, and therefore various textbooks, monographs, and Wikipedia were used as the corpus for this study.

  • Issue Year: 69/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-41
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian
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