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Uzročne rečenice bez ličnog glagolskog oblika u francuskom jeziku
French Reason Clauses Without a Finite Form of the Verb

Author(s): Lejla Tekešinović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: reason clause; obligatory sentence nucleus; elliptical structure; „predicative appositive“; participle;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses two elliptical constructions introduced by subordinators of reason. These structures lack some of the main sentential elements, which is why it is difficult to consider them complete subordinate reason clauses as they are usually translated into the Bosnian language. Therefore, while at the same time analyzing the examples of these constructions in the French language, the author is also considering their translation equivalents in Bosnian, proposing a possibility of resorting to more precise translation equivalents in terms of the elliptical structure parce que / puisque + attribut.

  • Issue Year: XV/2021
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 147-162
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian