ДОПУНСКА ПСЕУДОКООРДИНАЦИЈА У СТАРОСРПСКОМ ЈЕЗИКУ
COMPLEMENT PSEUDO-COORDINATION IN OLD SERBIAN
Author(s): Slobodan J. PavlovićSubject(s): Syntax, Historical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Институт за српски језик Српске академије наука и уметности
Keywords: parataxis; hypotaxis; coordination; subordination; complement clause; coordinator i (‘and’); complementizer da (‘that’)
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the phenomenon of complement pseudocoordination in the Old Serbian language, i.e. the paratactic connection between a complement-taking verb and its finite complement, with a special focus on the shift from paratactic clause-chaining to hypotactic embedding. Despite the attention devoted to one complex sentence type, the research aims to sketch a typological context of decreasing complement pseudo-coordination and increasing complement subordination. The use of coordinating conjunction for expressing conceptual subordination relation between higher-ranking (complement-taking) unit and its lower-ranking complement suggests that the complement pseudo-coordination could be one of the properties of non-configurational syntax, i.e. syntax without an integrated sentence hierarchy.
Journal: Јужнословенски филолог
- Issue Year: 78/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 221-239
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Serbian