Constructions Od+ Genitive and Za+Infinitive in the Language of Serdar and Guvernador Radonjic as Well as in Montenegrin Cover Image

Конструкције од+генитив и за+инфинитив у језику сердара и гувернадура Радоњића и у црногорским говорим
Constructions Od+ Genitive and Za+Infinitive in the Language of Serdar and Guvernador Radonjic as Well as in Montenegrin

Author(s): Miloš Krivokapić
Subject(s): Syntax, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: construction; language; Balkanism; Romanism; Germanism; prepositional-case connection; Old Montenegrin speech; Crmnica speech; Bokele speech; infinitive; genitive;

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes a syntactic structure in the letters of serdar and guvernador Radonjic, pointing to undeniable dialctical color of letters, which largely correspond to the old Montenegrin, and other Montenegrin speeches.. Instead of free ablative genitive in their letters to use the genitive with a preposition /to/, which is reflected in correspondence with the old Montenegrin, and other folk idioms, contemporary departure from the norm. Genitive with negative form of verbs were often recorded in these letters. Belonging in the letters Radonjić, as well as the Montenegrin speeches is the most frequently expressed within the possessive adjectives, or the constructions / od / + genitive. Unlike structure / of / + genitive, construction / for / + infinitive cannot be found in the Montenegrin speeches, because of the fact that it is the result of the influence of the Venetian language of court on the administration and the Montenegrin rulers.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 79-87
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Serbian