SEMANTIC ROLES OF ADJECTIVES IN GERMAN AND EQUIVALENTS IN BOSNIAN LANGUAGE Cover Image

SEMANTIČKE ULOGE PRIDJEVA U NJEMAČKOM I EKVIVALENTI U BOSANSKOM JEZIKU
SEMANTIC ROLES OF ADJECTIVES IN GERMAN AND EQUIVALENTS IN BOSNIAN LANGUAGE

Author(s): Meliha Hrustić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: Adjective; Semantic Roles; Deep Cases; Agent; Instrument; Locative; Classificative

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with some semantic roles of adjectives in the deep structure. Semantic roles are usually treated as roles opened by verbs but realiesed by nouns or noun phrases. In this paper it is shown that also some adjectives can bear some semantic roles like Agent, Instrument, Locative and Classificative. The source language is German and its adjectives in adverbial use; on the other hand, Bosnian equivalents seldom show the possibility to be the bearer of semantic roles like in German.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 49-68
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bosnian