Review article
General principles of the classification into conjugational types in Croatian compared to some closely related languages
Tomislava Bošnjak Botica
orcid.org/0000-0003-1476-5680
; Institute of Croatian language and linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In the first part of the paper the author briefly presents basic classifica-
tions of verbs into conjugational classes (types) in Croatian from the ear-
liest grammatical descriptions which divided verbs into three conjugational
classes according to the present morphemes (Kašić 1604, Della Bella 1728,
Voltić 1803, Starčević 1812), through Babukić’s grammar (1836) where Do-
brovski’s classification according to the infinitive morphemes was applied
and other 19th and 20th century grammatical classifications to the latest:
Jelaska (2003, 2005) where three groups (present morpheme) with ten types
(infinitive vs. present morphemes) and nine classes for athematic verbs were
introduced; and Bošnjak Botica (2011) where all but the first two types were
complemented by additional classes (morpho-semantic criteria). A few clas-
sifications from their general principles of classification have been analyzed:
hierarchical complexity, number of category and order. In the second part of
the paper, the Croatian classifications are compared to those in some other
Slavic languages: Bosnian (Jahić, Halilović, Palić (2000), Serbian (Belić
1956, 2006, Klajn 2005), Slovenian (Toporišić 2004), Macedonian (Koneski
1981), Russian (Russkaja gramatika AN 1980, Rozental’ i dr. 2003, Bud-
mani 1920) and Czech (Komárek i dr. 1986). Similarities and differences
are presented, those that arise from various theoretical and methodological
approaches and those that stem from the morphological and phonological
features inherent to every language.
Keywords
conjugational types; classification; Croatian; Slavic languages
Hrčak ID:
125645
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Publication date:
31.10.2013.
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