The use of conjunctions „kako” and „da” in Serbian complementary clauses Cover Image

Upotreba veznika "kako" i "da" u komplementarnoj klauzi srpskog jezika
The use of conjunctions „kako” and „da” in Serbian complementary clauses

Author(s): Vladislava Petrović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Summary/Abstract: The author talks about how and when the conjunctions da and kako can be used concurrently in a complex sentence in Serbian language. She claims that conjunction kako has variable signifícance, depending on whether it introduces a complement clause without any consequences to its semantics (neutral, not stressed conjunction kako1), or it introduces new additions to the semantics (semantically marked kako2), while conjunction kako3 can be at the same time compulsory determinant of the complement predicate, where it is not possible to exchange it with a complementary conjunction da. The author illustrates all the above mentioned usages of the complementary conjunction kako through examples from the literary texts of the Serbian writers from the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 35-44
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian