Operators for extending and developing an utterance (Based on conjunctions of alternative relation in Slovak)
Operators for extending and developing an utterance (Based on conjunctions of alternative relation in Slovak)

Summary/Abstract: Operators are understood as language means functionally oriented towards establishing a system of relations and links between utterance meanings. The aims of the synchronic research of operators may be reached via the following steps: 1. Specification of the inventory of operators expressing individual types of relations in contemporary written Slovak on the basis of the relation centre - periphery; 2. Specification of communication functions of utterances with individual types of operators; 3. Specification of the relation between selection of operators in an utterance and human ability to think about relations between objects and phenomena. These aspects will be presented and illustrated on the basis of on conjunctions of alternative relation in Slovak.

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