ADJECTIVAL PREDICATION: SEMANTIC ROLES INTRODUCED BY ADJECTIVES IN GERMAN AND BOSNIAN LANGUAGE Cover Image

PRIDJEVSKA PREDIKACIJA: SEMANTIČKE ULOGE UVJETOVANE PRIDJEVOM U NJEMAČKOM I BOSANSKOM JEZIKU
ADJECTIVAL PREDICATION: SEMANTIC ROLES INTRODUCED BY ADJECTIVES IN GERMAN AND BOSNIAN LANGUAGE

Author(s): Meliha Hrustić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Institut za bosanski jezik i književnost u Tuzli
Keywords: adjective; adjectival predication; semantic roles; deep case

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we have analyzed the semantic roles which are introduced by an adjective into the sentence. The adjective can predicate and realize the sentence; consequently it is also possible for the adjective to open specific semantic roles for its arguments. These semantic roles are analyzed in this paper based on the existing lists of semantic roles, without regard to the surface structure. The semantic roles can be very detailed, but the contrastive analysis shows that the function in the deep structure does not depend on the word class but rather on the meaning of the predicating word.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: I/1
  • Page Range: 49-67
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Bosnian