Noun phrases in Čakavian and Štokavian texts dated from 15th to 18th century Cover Image

Imenske skupine u čakavskim i štokavskim tekstovima 15.–18. stoljeća
Noun phrases in Čakavian and Štokavian texts dated from 15th to 18th century

Author(s): Marijana Horvat
Subject(s): Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: syntactic loan translations; od + genitive; expressing possessiveness; po usta + genitive; the participle declination and the conversion of the participle to a noun

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes some typical syntactic properties confirmed in texts written in Čaka-vian and Štokavian literary language between 15th and 18th century. One of these properties is the usage of prepositions od + genitive (e. g. da darži put zakona od mista, pisam od ljubavi, zakon od ljubavi, misto od pribignutja, nebeski ličnik od duš, otče od milosardja) expressing possessivity and other meanings (cause, purpose, property, object). The usage of prepositions od + genitive also appears instead of preposition o + locative (e. g. kada čuje da se od njegova prijatelja dobro govori). It reflects a strong influence of Latin and Italian syntax, and later it became a common literary property of the original works written by Čakavian and Štokavian writers.The author also analyzes noun phrases used to express possessivity with the genitive case of the 3rd person personal pronouns (e. g. nje velikoga milosrdja, njih srca), noun phrases po usta + genitive (e. g. Po usta svetoga Jakova apostola), the appearance of the participle declination and the conversion of the participle to a noun (e. g. govorećijem sveto rožario).

  • Issue Year: XVII/2016
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 397-412
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian