MODAL PARTICLE SCHON IN GERMAN AND EQUIVALENTS IN BOSNIAN LANGUAGE Cover Image

MODALNA PARTIKULA SCHON U NJEMAČKOM I EKVIVALENTI U BOSANSKOM JEZIKU
MODAL PARTICLE SCHON IN GERMAN AND EQUIVALENTS IN BOSNIAN LANGUAGE

Author(s): Diana Ristivojević
Subject(s): Syntax, Semantics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: modal particle; particle schon; semantic subtlety; syntactic positions;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the particle schon in the German language in the context of its semantic and syntactic features, as well as its translation equivalents in the Bosnian/ Croatian/Serbian language. The paper also discusses the nature and function of particles in general in the German language based on the prevailing attitudes in the relevant reference books. Theoretical assumptions have been used to conduct an analysis of the use of the particle schon on current examples from the German language, taken from the newspaper Spiegel. The analysis showed specific semantic subtleties, especially when it comes to its translation equivalents, as well as other characteristics which are manifested primarily in an atypical syntactic distribution.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 27-45
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Bosnian