The Agent of the Action Expressed by the Present Participle in English and Bosnian Cover Image

Vršilac radnje iskazane sadašnjim participom u engleskom i bosanskom jeziku
The Agent of the Action Expressed by the Present Participle in English and Bosnian

Author(s): Sanja Ahmetović-Palić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: sadašnji particip; kondenzacija; apsolutni particip; “viseći” particip

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the present participle as a powerful instrument that can be used to condense a whole clause both in English and Bosnian language. The aim of this article is to study the subject of the participle itself, and in most cases its subject is the same as the subject of the main verb, but sometimes the subject of the participle is the object of the main verb and sometimes its subject is not even mentioned in the sentence at all. This phenomenon is very important especially when it comes to translating sentences that contain the present participle from one language into another.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 69-81
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian
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