ПРЕСУПОЗИЦИЈА ИЗРИЧАЈА СА ИТЕРАТИВНИМ ГЛАГОЛИМА У СРПСКОМ ЈЕЗИКУ

Abstract

In this paper, we are exploring the presupposition triggered by iterative verbs in the Serbian language. Our goal is to test presuppositions of iterative verbs in Serbian language, hence to check their similarity with iterative verbs in other languages and to classify them as hard or soft presupposition triggers. The main reason for this research comes from different perspectives on the phenomenon of presupposition and lack of papers in the Serbian language on the theme. We have tested ten verbs: vratiti, ponoviti, povratiti, kuckati, javljati se, lupkati, pribojavati se, došaptavati, ručavati and viđati. They have been compared using the neoreichenbachian model. We have used the corpus method and qualitative analysis. The research has shown that there is a need to differ repetitive verbs, which presuppose “the event has been realized at least once before“, from iterative verbs, which presuppose “the event has been realized at least twice before“. The difference between these groups of verbs is shown at the neoreichenbachian timeline: in the case of repetitive verbs the presupposition is left from the time of realisation and in the case of iterative verbs the presupposition is located inside that time. We have shown that each of the analised presuppositions remains after changing context, which is why we classifed them as hard triggers.