Reflexive Verbs and their Lexicalization in Selected Dictionaries of Bosnian Language Cover Image

Refleksivni glagoli i njihova leksikalizacija u odabranim rječnicima bosanskog jezika
Reflexive Verbs and their Lexicalization in Selected Dictionaries of Bosnian Language

Author(s): Zineta Lagumdžija, Almira Džanić
Subject(s): Syntax, Lexis, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: reflexive verbs; reflexivization; dictionaries of Bosnian language;

Summary/Abstract: In parallel with the changes in extra-lingual reality new means of communication are being developed. In language, as a means of communication, occur new linguistic structures and new description models of language structures. One of the linguistic phenomenon that has experienced a great interest in the German linguistics are reflexive verbs, whose formation has proved to be an open process and a reflection of the creative use of language. Insight into the different text types and dictionaries of Bosnian language shows that the reflexive verbs are very common in the Bosnian language. In the Bosnian linguistics these structures haven’t encountered on the interest they deserve. As seen in the example of reflexive verbs, it is showed that trends in the development of linguistics in developed linguistic systems are often due to language barriers with considerable delay due to, so to speak, less developed language systems. The goal of this paper is to give an overview on the processes of formation of reflexive verbs and their lexicalization in selected dictionaries of Bosnian language using one of the description models of reflexive verbs in German linguistics.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 139-158
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bosnian