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Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, Vol. 38 No. 1, 2012.

Original scientific paper

Greetings as lexicographic units

Goranka Blagus Bartolec orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-7026 ; Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics

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Abstract

The paper discusses the lexicographic status of two-word greetings dobro jutro (good morning), dobar dan (good afternoon), dobra večer (good evening) and laku noć (good night) in contemporary Croatian dictionaries with reference to foreign lexicographic approaches. Emphasis is placed on the semantic and communicational characteristics of greetings as special lexical phrase. It is suggested that two-word greetings should become independent lexical entries just as the one-word greetings zdravo, zbogom, doviđenja (hello, goodbye).

Keywords

greetings; good morning; good day; good evening; good night; lexical unit; lexicographic headword

Hrčak ID:

96808

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/96808

Publication date:

7.2.2013.

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