This master's thesis examines the relationship between the formal and content levels of syntactic analysis in the Slovenian language, using the example of predicative attributes. The starting point of the research is the finding that the classification of dependent sentence elements in Slovenian syntax leads to terminological and conceptual ambiguities resulting from the inconsistent use of criteria in basic grammars and scientific discussions. Attention is focused primarily on the discrepancies between formal (syntactic binding, case, position in the sentence) and content-related (meaning, figurative meaning, context) criteria. The theoretical part of the thesis is based on a review of key grammatical works (Breznik, Bajec-Rupel-Kolarič, Toporišič) and selected scientific articles dealing with the issue of predicative complements and attributives. The empirical part is designed as a syntactic analysis of selected prose texts by contemporary Slovenian authors (Anje Mugerli, Tine Vrščaj, Pie Prezelj, and Ane Schnabl) and comparisons with Cankar's prose. The analysis is based on predetermined formal and content criteria. The results of the analysis show that the use of predicative attributes is less frequent in
contemporary prose than in Cankar's, while ambiguous cases occur more frequently in contemporary texts. The findings confirm that the gap between the formal and content levels of
syntactic analysis remains an open question in Slovenian linguistics and is clearly evident in practice.
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