Original scientific paper

On the Nature of Adjectival Resultatives – Corpus–based Evidence

Irena Brdar ; Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka
Božana Knežević ; Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka

Abstract

Using small corpus, we present results of a study of adjectival resultatives in Croatian and
English legislative parallel texts. Previous studies of adjectival passives are reviewed, and
their focus on the structure and differences is noted. A number of related structures are
discussed. The corpus evidence is then used to investigate the similarities and differences
between adjectival resultatives in the two languages.

Keywords

adjectival passive; passive predicate; legal discourse; Croatian language; English language

Hrčak ID:

62327

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/62327

Publication date:

17.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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