Morphosyntactical Characteristics of Phraseologisms in Serbian Language Cover Image

Морфосинтаксичка обележја фразеологизама у српском језику
Morphosyntactical Characteristics of Phraseologisms in Serbian Language

Author(s): Mila R. Dragić
Subject(s): Morphology, Lexis, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: phraseologisms; fear; surprise; amazement; confusion; morphosyntax; structure; function

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on phraseologisms in standard Serbian language with mean ings related to emotional concepts of fear, surprise, amazement and confusion. The cor pus includes 50 phraseologisms with different lexical composition that cover various forms of expression of those emotions (остати без даха, бацити бомбу, испасти из равнотеже). The analysis is focused on morphosyntactical characteristics of these units, and they are classified according to their grammatical structure, with special em phasis on their syntactic function and combinability in context, while taking into account only those meanings that relate to those emotions.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 93-107
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian