Original scientific paper

Prepositional categories and prototypes: Contrasting some Russian, Slovenian, Croatian and Polish examples

Ljiljana Šarić ; Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas, Leipzig

Abstract

The subject of this article is the interface between the Croatian prepositions na
and u (as well as the interface between their Russian, Slovenian and Polish
equivalents), and the meaning of the preposition nad and the relation of the
meaning of the prepositions nad and na in the four languages. The meaning relation
between the prepositions na and nad and their related prefixes is analysed
as well.

Keywords

spatial prepositions; Slavic languages; prototypical meaning of prepositions and prefixes; cognitive linguistics; language development and meaning extensions

Hrčak ID:

31321

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31321

Publication date:

19.12.2003.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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