Conjunctions and their grammatical position

U radu se predstavljaju spoznaje o vezniku kao vrsti riječi i gramatičkim opisima veznika. Problematizira se promatranje veznika, kao i drugih nepromjenjivih vrsta riječi, unutar morfologije ili isključivo unutar nje. Na primjerima hrvatskih jezičnih priručnika (od najstarije gramatike Bartola Kašića do najnovije gramatike Silića i Pranjkovića) pokušava se dati uvid u probleme jednoznačnoga određivanja pojedinih jezičnih jedinica kao veznika. Naglašava se potreba preispitivanja gramatičkoga određenja veznika i predlaže moguće rješenje.This paper discusses conjunction as a part of speech. Analyzing Croatian grammars it questions validity of the interpretation of conjunctions exclusively within morphology. Number of different problems are pointed out regarding grammatical categorization and description of the words classified as conjunctions (such as vague distinction between morphology and syntax, problem of meaning in the context of conjunctions and prepositions etc.): the need for reconsideration of the syntactic status of those words is highlighted. This paper suggests differentiation between conjunction as a word class and conjunction as a syntactic function: it brigs a list of conjunctions (as a word class) and a list of juntors (words that can take over that syntactic function). Juntors are in this context divided in two groups: conjuntors (junctors of coordinative syntactic structures) and subjunctors (junctors of subordinate syntactic structures). In this conception, some conjunctions can be conjuntors or subjunctors at the level of the sentence, but units that are for example pronouns at the level of word classes can take over that syntactic position too