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ГРАМАТИКА СИНТАКСИЧКЕ КОРЕФЕРЕНЦИЈАЛНОСТИ
THE GRAMMAR OF SYNTACTIC COREFERENCE

Author(s): Milivoj Alanović
Subject(s): Syntax, Semantics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Институт за српски језик Српске академије наука и уметности
Keywords: Serbian language; syntax; semantics; coreference

Summary/Abstract: Since the notions of semantic and syntactic coreference, in the conceptual, terminological and theoretical sense, have long been known to the linguistic public, we consider it appropriate and worthwhile to point out the ways in which this type of connection between the grammatical units in the sentence is materialized. We especially wanted to draw attention to the inherent mechanisms of language which directly signal that the two forms, not necessarily different, are connected with the same meaning, and related to the same semantic role, for which it is directly responsible – the same propositional function they have. Although it may seem that the difference between semantic and syntactic coreference is not so significant, it has been revealed that in the latter case, the syntactic relations are the main language means of expressing propositional functions and corresponding semantic roles. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to highlight the syntagmatic mechanisms of language, with the help of which the structural, informative and informative hierarchy of the sentence members is carried out. The purpose of such hierarchization is not so much to streamline or rethink the structure of the sentence, but rather to ensure the integration of complex content on the one hand, and settle the situational significance of individual participants on the other hand.

  • Issue Year: 75/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-35
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian