Impersonal Constructions in Serbian
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Jasmina Milićević
Abstract
The paper discusses impersonal constructions in Serbian within the Meaning-Text framework. It provides a definition and a typology of impersonal constructions, based on the notions of semantically full/empty and phonetically non-zero/zero subject lexemes, and describes the interaction of impersonal constructions with verbal voices and derivation.Cet article porte sur les constructions impersonnelles serbes telles qu’envisagées au sein de la théorie linguistique Sens-Texte. Il propose une définition et une typologie des constructions impersonnelles, s’appuyant sur les notions de sujet sémantiquement plein/vide et de sujet phonétiquement non-zéro/zéro, et décrit l’interaction de ces constructions avec la voix et la dérivation verbales. Keywords: dependency syntax; impersonal constructions; Serbian; verbal voice; verbal derivation
Abstract
The paper discusses impersonal constructions in Serbian within the Meaning-Text framework. It provides a definition and a typology of impersonal constructions, based on the notions of semantically full/empty and phonetically non-zero/zero subject lexemes, and describes the interaction of impersonal constructions with verbal voices and derivation.Cet article porte sur les constructions impersonnelles serbes telles qu’envisagées au sein de la théorie linguistique Sens-Texte. Il propose une définition et une typologie des constructions impersonnelles, s’appuyant sur les notions de sujet sémantiquement plein/vide et de sujet phonétiquement non-zéro/zéro, et décrit l’interaction de ces constructions avec la voix et la dérivation verbales. Keywords: dependency syntax; impersonal constructions; Serbian; verbal voice; verbal derivation
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Abbreviations xi
- Impersonals and Beyond in Slavic 1
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Section I: Morphosyntax
- Binding and Morphology Revisited 25
- Possessor Raising and Slavic clitics 43
- The Slavonic Languages and the Development of the Antipassive Marker 61
- Clitic SE in Romance and Slavonic revisited 75
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Section II: Syntactical relations
- The Lazy Speaker and the Fascination of Emptiness 91
- Is the Polish Verb iść an Auxiliary to be? 123
- Towards Evidentiality Markers in Albanian and Macedonian Bilingual Political Discourse 139
- A strange variant of Russian ctoby -construction 149
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Section III: Impersonal constructions
- Impersonal Constructions in Serbian 169
- Interpretation and voice in Polish SIĘ and –NO/–TO constructions 185
- Dative-infinitive constructions in Russian 199
- On the Nature of Dative Arguments in Russian Constructions with «Predicatives» 225
- Russian Adversity Impersonals and Split Ergativity 247
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Section IV: Lexical semantics
- Morphological and lexical aspect in Russian deverbal nominalizations 267
- Lexical synonymy within the semantic field POWER 281
- Collocations with nominal quantifiers 297
- Polysemy Patterns in Russian Adjectives and Adverbs 313
- Language index 323
- Name index 325
- Subject index 329
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Abbreviations xi
- Impersonals and Beyond in Slavic 1
-
Section I: Morphosyntax
- Binding and Morphology Revisited 25
- Possessor Raising and Slavic clitics 43
- The Slavonic Languages and the Development of the Antipassive Marker 61
- Clitic SE in Romance and Slavonic revisited 75
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Section II: Syntactical relations
- The Lazy Speaker and the Fascination of Emptiness 91
- Is the Polish Verb iść an Auxiliary to be? 123
- Towards Evidentiality Markers in Albanian and Macedonian Bilingual Political Discourse 139
- A strange variant of Russian ctoby -construction 149
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Section III: Impersonal constructions
- Impersonal Constructions in Serbian 169
- Interpretation and voice in Polish SIĘ and –NO/–TO constructions 185
- Dative-infinitive constructions in Russian 199
- On the Nature of Dative Arguments in Russian Constructions with «Predicatives» 225
- Russian Adversity Impersonals and Split Ergativity 247
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Section IV: Lexical semantics
- Morphological and lexical aspect in Russian deverbal nominalizations 267
- Lexical synonymy within the semantic field POWER 281
- Collocations with nominal quantifiers 297
- Polysemy Patterns in Russian Adjectives and Adverbs 313
- Language index 323
- Name index 325
- Subject index 329
