Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2012, 20(3):73-75 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.370

Czech Infinitive Phrases and their German Equivalents

Věra Höppnerová
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů (vera.hoppnerova@vse.cz).

Czech infinitive phrases, usually introduced by interrogatives, are equivalent to interrogative clauses. In economy-oriented press, they appear mostly in headlines. In German, they correspond to direct or indirect clauses including modal verbs, infinitive phrases with "zu", passive verbs, or the indefinite subject "man".

Keywords: Czech infinitive phrases, interrogative clauses, German equivalents, business German
JEL classification: Z19

Published: June 1, 2012  Show citation

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