Distribution of Infinitive and Present Tense with Conjunction DA Completing Modal and Phase Verbs in Administrative and Legal Styles in Bosnian Language Cover Image

Distribucija infinitiva i prezenta sa DA uz modalne i fazne glagole u administrativno- pravnom stilu bosanskog jezika
Distribution of Infinitive and Present Tense with Conjunction DA Completing Modal and Phase Verbs in Administrative and Legal Styles in Bosnian Language

Author(s): Hurija Imamović
Subject(s): Morphology, Syntax, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Institut za bosanski jezik i književnost u Tuzli
Keywords: modal verbs; phasic verbs; complements; infinitive; present tense with conjunction da; administrative style; legal style;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents distribution of infinitive and present tense with conjunction da in the function of completing modal and phase verbs in administrative and legal styles. It particularly focuses on the frequency of the usage those forms in documents in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian languages. It can be concluded that the differences regarding this syntactic and stylistic issues in reviewed documents are not considerable.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-16
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian