THE INFINITIVE CLAUSE IN FRENCH - INFINITIVE WITH SUBJECT VS. INFINITIVE WITHOUT SUBJECT Cover Image

INFINITIVNA REČENICA U FRANCUSKOM JEZIKU - ILI INFINITIV U KONSTRUKCIJI S VLASTITIM SUBJEKTOM VS. INFINITIV BEZ VLASTITOG SUBJEKTA
THE INFINITIVE CLAUSE IN FRENCH - INFINITIVE WITH SUBJECT VS. INFINITIVE WITHOUT SUBJECT

Author(s): Lejla Tekešinović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Syntax
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: infinitive; subject of the infinitive; infinitive clause; prepositional infinitive; the French language; Bosnian

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses different structures of the clause known in French grammars as “the infinitive clause”. It addresses various forms of this structure in which the infinitive possesses its own subject, as opposed to that in which the subject of the infinitive and the main verb remains the same. The first part of the paper introduces the main features of the infinitive used without its own subject, while the second presents and analyzes different types of the infinitive clause. Special attention is given to equivalent structures in Bosnian.

  • Issue Year: 3/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 51-73
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bosnian