Prilog rekonstrukciji geneze slovenskog kvalifikativnog genitiva
An addition to the reconstruction of the genesis of Slavic qualitative genitive

Summary/Abstract: This paper looks into the establishment of the qualitative genitive (of the type čovek visokog rasta) in the domain of Slavic languages. The author presupposes that this syntactic-semantic means has developed in the course of hystory of Slavic languages as a reflection of the revitalized possesive genitive blocked by the compulsory determinant. The analysis is ilustrated by examples from hystoric grammars of Slavic languages. This paper looks into the establishment of the qualitative genitive (of the type čovek visokog rasta) in the domain of Slavic languages. The author presupposes that this syntactic-semantic means has developed in the course of hystory of Slavic languages as a reflection of the revitalized possesive genitive blocked by the compulsory determinant. It has happened at the expense of the restrictive instrumental (of the type čovek visok rastom). Spreding of the qualitative genitive at the expense of the restrictive instrumental means shifting of the agreement of the adjectival phrase from the determined element (čovek visok rastom) to the determining element (čovek visokog rasta).

• Details
• Contents