Genitive case as peripheral means of expressing transitivity in Serbian language

• Authors: Ivanovic M.
• Languages of publication: SR

Abstracts

EN

As a central means of expressing transitivity in Serbian language we can point out merging of verb-predicate with direct object expressed with accusative case without preposition. Accusative case is the most specialized, the most grammaticalized and the most regular means of expressing transitivity. The most common peripheral means in Serbian language is genitive case without preposition. There are three zones of correlation between accusative and genitive of direct object: 1. zone of negative constructions, 2. zone of partitive constructions and 3. zone of facultative using of genitive and accusative. All of the zones mentioned above are analyzed in the article.

Keywords

EN

TRANSITIVITY IN SERBIAN LANGUAGE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Slavia Meridionalis
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 17-34
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ivanovic M.

• M. Ivanovic, Filoloshki Fakultet Univerziteta y Beogradu, Beograd, Serbia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02695501