ǂThe ǂBosnian-Croatian-Serbian adnominal possessive dative at the syntax-pragmatics interface

Abstract

In Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian, the adnominal possessive dative (APD) construction is used alongside the nominal adjectival construction to express possession. APD usage is double-edged - i.e., there are both issues of sociolinguistics/perceptual dialectology involved as well as more formal syntactic-pragmatic ones. My respondents consistently labeled APD usage as "archaic", "old-fashioned", "characteristic of the uneducated", or "country-talk". However, judging by very similar acceptance levels of APDs in particular contexts in all dialects, it appears that semantic role of the possessor and the level of contextual effects and processing load involved in interpreting possessive constructions weigh heavily on their acceptance. Therefore, I offer a model that attempts to capture APD usage in terms of a set of hierarchical relationships between the "possessor" and the "possessed".

Keywords

sociolinguistics;pronominal possessive giver;perceptual dialectology;geolinguistics;syntactic-pragmatic interface;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
UDC:	81'27
COBISS:	263555584
ISSN:	1855-6302
Parent publication:	Slavia Centralis
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Bosansko-hrvaško-srbski zaimenski svojilni dajalnik v skladenjsko-pragmatičnem vmesniku
Secondary abstract:	V bosansko-hrvaško-srbskem jeziku je za izražanje lastnine ob zaimenskem svojilnem dajalniku (ASD) v rabi tudi imenska pridevniška konstrukcija. ASD je razumljen kot: (1) pojav v sociolingvistki/perceptivni dialektologiji, (2) formalni skladenjsko-pragmatični pojav. Anketiranci so označevali ASD-rabo kot "arhaično", "staromodno", "značilnost neizobraženih" ali kot "podeželsko govorico". Glede na ASD-rabo v dialektih se zdi, da so pomenska vloga koristnika/prejemnika, raven sobesedilnih učinkov in obdelava podatkov za razumevanje svojilnih konstrukcij zelo odvisni od njihove sprejemljivosti. Predlagam model, ki ASD-rabo razume kot vzpostavljanje hierarhičnega odnosa med "prejemnikom/koristnikom" in "prejetim/koristjo".
Secondary keywords:	sociolingvistika;zaimenski svojilni dajalnik;percepcijska dialektologija;geolingvistika;skladenjsko-pragmatični vmesnik;ne zaključna dela;Bosanščina;Hrvaščina;Srbščina;Sociolingvistika;Svojilne pridevniške besede;Dialektologija;Zaznavanje;Jezikovne variacije;Skladnja;Vmesniki (računalništvo);
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 104-121
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ5
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ1
Chronology:	2012
DOI:	10.17161/SCN.1808.9936
ID:	10905037