Terminology and generative concepts of the phrase

Abstract

The aim of this research is the reflection of the semantic values of the generative terms and concepts in the Albanian language syntax. With the introduction of descriptive, comparative, and explanatory methods, and with the use of a rich literature in Albanian and foreign languages, I have achieved the following results:

a) The classification of the sentences, based on the relation between main and subordinate clauses is made under these viewpoints: I) The type of the relation that links the subordinate clause with the main one; II) The form of the subordinate clause, which might be identical or different from the main clause; III) The mood of the verb of the subordinate clause.

b) Predicative units with functional terms accomplish parallel functions. 1) In the known European languages the theme is usually the subject, whereas the rema is the predicate. From the traditional point of view the subject of an active transitive sentence is the doer of the action, whereas the object is the aim. In the ergative construction languages, the syntactic characteristic of the case would determine both subject the noun and the “aim” of the intransitive sentence.

2) The predicate complement is syntactically necessary for the accomplishment of the predicate structure (for this reason it is called “complement”).

3) Based on the number of nominative units by which verbs are linked to form the core sentences we make a classification of verbs. It is through this classification that the distinction between the subject and the object is made possible. The actual models distinguish the different verb classes presuming the existence of a special functional category, SV of which is its complement. This category is marked as v. The thematic net of a particular lexical voice is a structure with predicates and arguments that are typical of the language analysis, which have been formulated based on contemporary approaches.

The use of the aforementioned results introduces innovation in the linguistic and conceptual terminology of the generative syntax of Albanian language.