Original scientific paper
Description of verb aspect in grammars of the Kajkavian literary language
Željka Brlobaš
orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-2790
; Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Abstract
In grammars of the Kajkavian literary language, verb aspect is described both implicitly and explicitly. I. Kristijanović’s grammar, in which the author described verb aspect as one of the basic characteristics of a verb, is an example of the explicit model of grammar description. He juxtaposed definitions of perfective and imperfective verbs, determined basic principles of (im)perfectivization and recognized the connection between verb aspect and verb forms. In terms of content and form, Kristijanović’s description can be compared to the description of verb aspect in Jernej Kopitar’s grammar. In J. Đurkovečki’s grammar there are no indirect or direct deliberations which might be based on an understanding of verb aspect. I. Vitković’s grammar in manuscript was written using the implicit model of grammar description, in which the author indirectly subordinates the whole of verb description to verb aspect. In Szentmartony’s, Kornig’s and Matijević’s grammar, the description of verb aspect is based on the morphological content of a verb (as a possible influence of a comparative description with the German language). The structure of complex and derived verbs requires indirect grammatical description of aspect pairs, followed by a process of (im)perfectivization and connection of verb forms with verb aspect – in other words, the basic characteristics of grammatical description of verb aspect.
Keywords
verbal aspect; Croatian Kajkavian Literary Language; Croatian Kajkavian Literary Language Grammars
Hrčak ID:
35155
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Publication date:
6.4.2009.
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