Semantička kategorija vokativnosti u Lalićevim romanima Svadba i Ratna sreća
Semantic Category Provocation in Lalic’s Novel "The Wedding" and "Tide of War"

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the structure of the provocative novels "Wedding" (1950) and the "Tide of war" (1973) by Mihailo Lalic. Apart from the syntactic, stylistic analysis and semantic follows the author has paid a special attention to the structure of the vocative statements. The expressive meaning of the vocative can be found within the forms of the vocative emotional reactions and semantically empty vocative saying. The aim of the usage of the structures of semantic categories provocation is to draw attention of the interlocutors, exercise or achieve directivity which is inextricably linked to the pragmatic circumstances. The writer didn’t align the vocative statements with the appropriate situation and expectations of participants, since they were built on the verbal conflict and expressing negative and often hostile relations between the interlocutors.

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