Modal and Phase Verbs Complements in Belles-Lettres Style of Bosnian Language Cover Image

Dopune modalnim i faznim glagolima u književnoumjetničkom stilu bosanskog jezika
Modal and Phase Verbs Complements in Belles-Lettres Style of Bosnian Language

Author(s): Hurija Imamović
Subject(s): Syntax, Pragmatics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: modal verbs; phase verbs; infinitive; present tens with „da“; belles-lettres style;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents distribution of infinitive and present tense form with „da“ as modal and phase verbs complements in belles-lettres style of Bosnian language. As corpora it was used one hundred pages from each of fifteen belles-lettres works, with novel Zeleno busenje completely analysed. Particular attention is given to the usage of verbs htjeti and trebati expressing modal meaning. It was founded usage of verbs in modal meaning which were not listed in reference sources. The paper proposes the conclusion that complements of modal and phase verbs occur in belles-lettres style in both infinitive and present tense with „da“ forms, more frequently in infinitive form, but complements in present tense form should not been neglected.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 9-18
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian