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TWO SPECIFIC TYPES OF GERMAN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES: COMPLEMENT CLAUSES WITH THE CONJUNCTION WENN AND CLAUSES OF CAUSE WITH THE PARTICLE DOCH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR CROATIAN TRANSLATIONS

Vesna Ivančević Ježek ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Antonela Konjevod ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In this paper the authors present two specific types of subordinate clauses in German: subject, object and predicative complement clauses with the conjunction wenn and clauses of cause with the verb in the first position and the modal particle doch. After outlining the main syntactic features of the clauses with reference to the ambiguous status of the first type, the authors present a semantic analysis using concrete examples from contemporary German journalistic texts and highlight the main elements of such subordinate clauses to be considered when translating them into Croatian. In addition to the examples, they explain their translating methods.

Keywords

complement subordinate clauses with wenn; clauses of cause with the verb in the first position with doch; Croatian translation; factual implications; hypothetical meaning

Hrčak ID:

183660

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/183660

Publication date:

19.4.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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