Comparative clauses with the meaning of equality in the novel Đakon Bogorodičine crkve by Isidora Sekulić Cover Image

Поредбене клаузе са значењем еквативности у роману Ђакон Богородичине цркве Исидоре Секулић
Comparative clauses with the meaning of equality in the novel Đakon Bogorodičine crkve by Isidora Sekulić

Author(s): Maja Stepanov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Descriptive linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: comparative clauses; equality; factivity; counterfactivity; conjunctions: kao što; kao da; kako; kakav; koliko; particle kao

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes comparative clauses with the meaning of equality, and it analyzes also the condense structures of this type of clauses in the novel Đakon Bogorodičine crkve, written by Isidora Sekulić. The central part of the paper deals with the clauses with conjunction ‘kao što’, ‘kao da’ or with particle ’kao’, which is an exponent of a comparative clause. The basic grammatical features of the analyzed clauses are described, and their specific semantic features are indicated. The second part of the paper analyzes the clauses with conjunctions ‘kako’, ‘kakav’ and ‘koliko’, which we also include in comparative clauses with the meaning of equality. At the end of the paper are given information on the representation of each individual comparative conjunction in the novel.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 149-168
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian