Indicative and Subjunctive da-complements in Serbian: A Syntactic-Semantic Approach
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- ISBN 9783631652343
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2015
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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This study analyzes the indicative and subjunctive da-complements in the Serbian language while comparing and contrasting them with similar finite constructions in other Slavic and Balkan languages. In complex structures, semantic properties of the matrix verb, homophonous da, and aspectual and tense properties of the embedded verb all contribute to interpretations of the morphologically unmarked subjunctive and indicative moods in the Serbian language. Merging Giannakidou’s theory of mood and veridicality with Progovac’s clausal structure, the author suggests that the choice of the indicative or subjunctive complement determines negation interpretation and implies that clitics in Serbian are not always restricted to the second position.
Nataša Todorović is a linguist with a particular interest in Slavic and Balkan linguistics. Her areas of research interests are syntax, semantics, syntax-semantic interface and morphosyntax. She currently teaches at Wilbur Wright College in Chicago.
