Veznika dokler, dokler ne: raba, pomen in vpliv na vid dejanj, ki jih povezujeta

Abstract

The article deals with the use of Slovene conjunctions dokler and dokler ne ‘till, until’ at the beginning and in the middle of complex sentences. The predominant use is that of dokler ne; the use of both is markedly more common in the middle of a sentence. The conjunctions are analyzed as a part of series of permutations of actions alternating perfective (pfv.) and im­perfective (impfv.) verbs and the conjunction in three places: conjunction + verb + verb; verb + conjunction + verb (1 × 2 × 2; 2 × 1 × 2). With dokler, the impfv. predominates in at least one place in permutations, while with dokler ne the same is true of the pfv. The most common permutations are dokler impfv. impfv., impfv. dokler impfv., and dokler ne pfv. impfv., impfv. dokler ne pfv. In rarer permutations, a semantical shift from temporality to conditionality can be observed. Negation with dokler ne is pleonastic. However, due to the formal negation, the predominance of genitive case replacing accusative in verbs with accusative valence is very pronounced.