The Use of Infinitive in the Minutes of the Meetings of Društvo srpske slovesnosti 1842–1853 Cover Image

Употреба инфинитива у записницима са седница Друштва српске словесности 1842–1853
The Use of Infinitive in the Minutes of the Meetings of Društvo srpske slovesnosti 1842–1853

Author(s): Predrag D. Dilparić
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Semantics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: infinitive; semantics; syntax; period before Vuk Karadžić; Serbian language;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the usage of the infinitive, its meaning and role in various types of structures in which the modern Serbian language prefers to use analytical structures.Таке note of the infinitive in constructions with modal verbs and the verbs mental and cognitive activity, permissive verbs, verbs that refer to the communicative act, verbs of perception, the periphrastic predicates, adjectives and adverbs, but take note of the independent infinitive. The infinitive in these texts has a more extensive use than in the texts of the modern Serbian language.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 25-43
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian