From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i>
The paper revises etymologies of Croatian adversative conjunction <i>ali</i>, commonly associated with Polish <i>ale</i>. Even though both lexemes contain a conjunction <i>a</i>, they are composed of a question particle <i>li</i> and restrictive partic...
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2023-01-01
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| description | The paper revises etymologies of Croatian adversative conjunction <i>ali</i>, commonly associated with Polish <i>ale</i>. Even though both lexemes contain a conjunction <i>a</i>, they are composed of a question particle <i>li</i> and restrictive particle <i>le</i> respectively. Old Croatian, Serbian, and modern Slovenian disjunctive function of <i>ali</i> seems to be unrelated to the adversative function, which might have evolved directly from rhetorical questions. The paper shows what such change could look like, in line with the pragmatics of rhetorical questions and adversative coordination, Old Church Slavonic examples, and the uses in Old Croatian texts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b3bf9cc07dd43ffbd04a30d2353d6642024-04-15T19:08:54ZhrvInstitut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje1331-67451849-03792023-01-0149224525410.31724/rihjj.49.2.3From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i>Mikołaj Dunikowski0Jagiellonian University, KrakówThe paper revises etymologies of Croatian adversative conjunction <i>ali</i>, commonly associated with Polish <i>ale</i>. Even though both lexemes contain a conjunction <i>a</i>, they are composed of a question particle <i>li</i> and restrictive particle <i>le</i> respectively. Old Croatian, Serbian, and modern Slovenian disjunctive function of <i>ali</i> seems to be unrelated to the adversative function, which might have evolved directly from rhetorical questions. The paper shows what such change could look like, in line with the pragmatics of rhetorical questions and adversative coordination, Old Church Slavonic examples, and the uses in Old Croatian texts.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/449269etymologyhistorical syntaxcoordination |
| spellingShingle | Mikołaj Dunikowski From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i> Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje etymology historical syntax coordination |
| title | From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i> |
| title_full | From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i> |
| title_fullStr | From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i> |
| title_short | From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian <i>ali</i> |
| title_sort | from rhetorical question to adversative conjunction the case of croatian i ali i |
| topic | etymology historical syntax coordination |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/449269 |
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