Abstract
The paper presents the semantic and structural syntactic role of the predicator complement which, in terms of category, is labelled as the povedkovnik (the predicative) and remains on the sentence element level only as a semantic determiner of the predicator – occasional semantic and syntactic usage, however, cannot determine the part of speech. The problematic character of a more precise and clearer grammatical definition of the predicator complement or the povedkovnik is revealed above all through the perspective of the dictionary, since the semantic and morphological (occasionally variable) instability prevents it from becoming an independent and determined part of speech. Comments on the determination of the povedkovnik or the predicator complement use in the new Slovenski pravopis (I Pravila, II Slovar, 2001 Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU), which is supposed to have a normative role in directing the use of Slovene and is thus supposed to function as a very influential reference book, are supported with examples.
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