THE SYNTACTIC SYNONYMS OF PAST SIMPLE IN THE LANGUAGE OF STEFAN MITROV
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SINTAKSIČKI SINONIMI PERFEKTA U JEZIKU S.M. LJUBIŠE
THE SYNTACTIC SYNONYMS OF PAST SIMPLE IN THE LANGUAGE OF STEFAN MITROV LJUBIŠA

Author(s): Miloš Krivokapić
Subject(s): Syntax, Semantics, Montenegrine Literature, Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: Past Simple; past tense; synonym; syntactic synonym; indicative; relative; modal tense; substitution; semantic; syntactic;

Summary/Abstract: The Simple Past Tense is the most common past tense used in the language of S.M. Ljubiša. It mostly occurs as a past indicative, but also as a relative and modal past tense. It is more frequent with than without the verbum finitum. The Past Simple in Ljubiša’s language is often used to mark the beginnings and some certain parts of the stories, as well as narrator's interpretations. This preterite tense, which has a broad range of use, is in the expansion in the language of S. M. Ljubiša.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 61-68
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Serbian