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Jezik : Periodical for the Culture of the Standard Croatian Language, Vol. 54 No. 1, 2007.

Original scientific paper

The use of the perfective verbal adverb (gerund)

Mate Milas

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Abstract

In this article I have examined the grammatical background of the normative language advice from the Croatian language reference book ( Hrvatski jezični savjetnik, Zagreb, 1999.) according to which the perfective verbal adverb (gerund) has to be used only for the action that precedes the predicative action. After that I have examined the syntactic usage of the perfective verbal adverb on a corpus consisting of eight contemporary Croatian works of literature in order to see whether the above mentioned language advice is being used or not.

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Hrčak ID:

45986

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/45986

Publication date:

1.2.2007.

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