Pravilo „drugog mjesta“ u hrvatskom jeziku ili o polu(ne)slobodnom redu riječi
The Rule of “the Second Place“ in the Croatian Language or about the (Half(un))free Word Order

Summary/Abstract: In this article we have tried to point out some obstacles in defining the word order in the Croatian language as a free one. We have also dealt with the problems relating to enclitics and their position in the so-called “second place“. Furthermore, we have found out that the reason for dislocating the verbal clitic for the present of the third person of the verb to be (je) is in its keeping of a kind of a half accent in its transformation from the accentuated to non-accentuated form. Finally, we consider the order of pronominal clitics (D-G-A) as a correct one only when the pronoun in accusative is represented with the reflexive pronoun se. In case that there are only personal pronoun clitics in the sentence, the correct order of pronominal clitics should be D-A-G.

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