Rečenice s blokiranom pozicijom subjekta u hrvatskome i u češkome
Sentences with the blocked position of the subject in Czech and Croatian

Summary/Abstract: The term »sentences with the blocked position of the subject« is used here to denote sentences with the formal-grammatical structure in which it is impossible or at least problematic to define a subject (Prší, Tancuje se; Kiši, Pleše se). Since there are different terms in Czech and Croatian used for this type of sentences (one-member, i. e. subjectless sentences), a neutral term was invented to denote them. The article deals with the ways of describing sentences with the blocked position of the subject in Czech and Croatian. It is pointed out that their treatment was significantly influenced by three theories: sentence-member grammar, transformational-generative grammar and theory of valence. A conclusion is made that the sentences with the blocked position of the subject are to be clearly distinguished only within the sentence-member grammar, while it is unnecessary to distinguish them within the theory of valence. The model of the sentence this theory operates with makes their description possible even without delimiting them as a specific sentence type.

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