Open AccessSlovenian comitative constructions with dual personal pronouns
Author(s) -
Mladen Uhlik,
Andreja Žele
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rhema. rema
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2500-2953
DOI - 10.31862/2500-2953-2019-3-115-132
Subject(s) - personal pronoun , dual (grammatical number) , predicate (mathematical logic) , encode , linguistics , computer science , focus (optics) , interpretation (philosophy) , natural language processing , semantic interpretation , event (particle physics) , psychology , mathematics , philosophy , programming language , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics , gene , quantum mechanics
The paper deals with the Slovenian comitative constructions that encode two human participants who fulfil the same semantic role and are involved in the same event. It analyses their formal and semantic characteristics. A special focus of our analysis is put on the role of the dual in these constructions. We examine the impact of the different parameters (pronouns, predicate form, gender and linear order) on the interpretation of the referents’ number in the comitative constructions.