Journal of Slavic Linguistics 19(1): 85–118, 2011.
The “Budalo jedna!”-Type Construction in Contemporary Serbian*
Igor Mel’čuk and Jasmina Milićević
SIGNALATIVE
1. The Problem Stated
HUMAN NOUN
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FORMAL MODELING
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QUALIFYING EXCLAMATORY CONSTRUC-TION WITH A HUMAN EVALUATIVE NOUN NHUM-EVAL EXCLAMATORY CONSTRUCTION
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2. The Exclamatory Human Evaluative Noun Construction
2.1. Human Evaluative Nouns
VALUE JUDGMENT
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OBJECTIVELY EVALUATIVESUBJECTIVELY EVALUATIVE
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2.2. The Semantics, Prosody and Syntax of the Exclamatory NHum-Eval Construction
2.2.1. Semantics
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SIGNALATIVES,
Signaled
2.2.2. Prosody
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2.2.3. Syntax
Given
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3. Semantics and Syntax of the N + JEDAN Construction
LEXEMES VOCABLE
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3.1. The Semantics of the N + JEDAN Construction
3.1.1. The Semantic Scope of JEDANIII.2: Intensification of Speaker’s Negative Feelings
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3.1.2. “Negativeness” as a Transfer Feature of JEDANIII.2
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TRANSFER FEA-TURE
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3.1.3. JEDANIII.2 as Intensifier of Positive Feelings
3.2. The Syntax of the N + JEDAN Construction
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4. Another Construction of the N + JEDAN Type
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5. JEDAN in a Serbian ECD-Dictionary
5.1. The Structure of the Vocable JEDAN
JEDAN
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5.2. Lexicographic Description of JEDANIII.2
5.2.1. The Lexicographic Entry of JEDANIII.2
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5.2.2. Comments on the Definition of JEDANIII.2
COMMUNICATIVELY DOMINANT
Given Signaled
SEMANTIC BRIDGE
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6. Conclusion
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References
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