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Aspects of the semantic structure of the text: Conjunctions and particles as predicates

Topolińska Zuzanna (Makedonska akademija nauka i umetnosti, Skoplje, Makedonija)

The author argues in favor of the thesis that on the semantic level conjunctions and particles function as predicates, in other words, as constitutive members of propositions; they imply propositional, and only propositional, arguments and - in case of conjunctions - reflect the train of our thought, respectively provide information about relations between the events as perceived by the author of the text, and - in case of particles - reflect the speaker’s evaluation of corresponding events.

Keywords: conjunctions, particles, predicates, arguments, text