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MULTIFUNKCIONALNOST RIJEČI UGLAVNOM
THE MULTIFUNCIONALITY OF THE WORD UGLAVNOM

Author(s): Belkisa Dolić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Morphology, Syntax
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: particles; polyfunctionality; modifiers; connectors; propwords; interactive markers;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to establish that the word uglavnom has a controversial (morpho)syntactic status, as can be seen from its description in grammars, dictionaries and scientific articles about the Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian languages. Furthermore, this paper examines the fact that the word uglavnom is mostly neglected in syntactic descriptions of a sentence, while it is considered at the pragmatic level of sentence description. Finally, the pragmatic effects that can be achieved with the use of this word are described and exemplified.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 56-71
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian