Original scientific paper
Conjunctional Syntagms pa da, a da, e da, etc. in Consecutive Semantic Clauses
Luka Vukojević
Abstract
Two declarative clauses in cause-consequence relationship are joined by conjunctional syntagms pa/i/te da and pa/i/te kako which introduce a consecutive clause and are composed of the consecutive coordinator pa/i/te and the subordinator da/kako. The consecutive meaning, i.e. the cause-consequence relationship between subordinated clauses, disappears when the consecutive coordinator is omitted, whereas declarative clauses are merely joined together.
Rekle su mi da tu stanuje već dovoljno ljudi i da za mene nema mjesta. grlic _memoar 32018 Rekle su mi da tu stanuje već dovoljno ljudi, da za mene nema mjesta.
In textual joining of structures comparable to a multi-complex declarative clause whose clause expresses the consequence of the cause given in the previous clause, the connector syntagm pa da is composed of the text coordinator pa and the text subordinator da. In interrogative and exclamatory consecutive clauses of great pragmatic value the syntagm pa da can be interpreted as a syntagm composed of the coordinator and subordinator: the coordinator pa introduces a non-explicit consecutive clause, whereas the subordinator da introduces a declarative clause. However, since pa can be omitted in such clauses, it can also be interpreted as an intensifier. Owing to all reasons explicated in this paper we are more inclined to think in such terms.
In all other types of consecutive clauses a, pa and e are intensifiers, particles that can be omitted in the sequence a/pa/e da which, however, clearly affect the sentence structure in the sense that they determine the tense in the clause they introduce (pa obstructs the introduction of the conditional; all clauses introduced by pa da are in the sphere of real consequence). This is caused by the fact that the particle a has a strong opposite meaning.
Keywords
conjunctional groups pa da, a da, e da; linking clauses of identical function; consecutive clauses; consecutive textual relations
Hrčak ID:
9415
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Publication date:
22.2.2006.
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