Naslov
Two infinitives or two sentences

Autori
Jelaska, Zrinka ; Kovačević, Melita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Europa der Sprachen / . - Innsbruck, 2000, 26-26

Skup
35. Linguistisches Kolloquium

Mjesto i datum
Innsbruck, Austrija, 20.09.2000. - 22.09.2000

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
child language; Croatian; infinitives

Sažetak
When analysing a verb system or sentenc patterns, it is not easy to categorise infinitives as they are - non-finite verb forms. Thew may be viewed as objects taken by some intransitive verbs, e.g. We agreed to stay or as verbal clause, result of predicate transformation, e.g. The best thing would be for us to leave straight away. Hence, the status of the infinitive represent a complex theoretical issues comprising syntactic, semantic as well as psycholinguistic aspects. When one analyses verbs in child language there is no easy way of dividing simple sentences with infinitive objects and complex sentences involving two different clauses. This paper will deal with infinitives in different types of sentences in Croatian and English adult languages, with examples of child language. The child language data will be taken from Croatian children age 3 and 4.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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