The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites
Croatian negative indefinite expressions, or the so-called <i>ni</i>-words, are complex forms made by adding the prefix <i>ni-</i> to simple forms of indefinite pronouns. The Croatian standard norm prescribes that in prepositional phrases involving negative idefinite pronouns...
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| author | Irena Zovko Dinković |
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| description | Croatian negative indefinite expressions, or the so-called <i>ni</i>-words, are complex forms made by adding the prefix <i>ni-</i> to simple forms of indefinite pronouns. The Croatian standard norm prescribes that in prepositional phrases involving negative idefinite pronouns (the so-called <i>ni</i>-pronouns), the negative element ni should be separated from the pronoun and put in front of the preposition. However, in everyday communication one may often notice the use of the word order <i>P + negative indefinite pronoun</i>, and this word order has also made its way into newspapers and other media. This paper attempts to determine whether there is a significant difference in meaning between the order <i>ni + P + indefinite pronoun</i> and the order <i>P + negative indefinite pronoun</i> to account for such a change in language. We also analyze the frequency of use of these two different word orders in the <i>Croatian National Corpus</i>, examining eleven most frequent prepositions and six simple indefinite pronouns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa475055813a4fd99f842a9f294fa1cc2022-12-22T00:31:24ZhrvInstitut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje1331-67451849-03792013-01-01392675690The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative IndefinitesIrena Zovko DinkovićCroatian negative indefinite expressions, or the so-called <i>ni</i>-words, are complex forms made by adding the prefix <i>ni-</i> to simple forms of indefinite pronouns. The Croatian standard norm prescribes that in prepositional phrases involving negative idefinite pronouns (the so-called <i>ni</i>-pronouns), the negative element ni should be separated from the pronoun and put in front of the preposition. However, in everyday communication one may often notice the use of the word order <i>P + negative indefinite pronoun</i>, and this word order has also made its way into newspapers and other media. This paper attempts to determine whether there is a significant difference in meaning between the order <i>ni + P + indefinite pronoun</i> and the order <i>P + negative indefinite pronoun</i> to account for such a change in language. We also analyze the frequency of use of these two different word orders in the <i>Croatian National Corpus</i>, examining eleven most frequent prepositions and six simple indefinite pronouns.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/174117indefinite pronounsprepositionsnegative prefixCroatian |
| spellingShingle | Irena Zovko Dinković The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje indefinite pronouns prepositions negative prefix Croatian |
| title | The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites |
| title_full | The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites |
| title_fullStr | The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites |
| title_short | The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites |
| title_sort | position of negative element in prepositional phrases with negative indefinites |
| topic | indefinite pronouns prepositions negative prefix Croatian |
| url | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/174117 |
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