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https://doi.org/10.31820/f.33.2.10

SIMILE DEMONSTRATIVES IN CROATIAN: QUANTITY, QUALITY AND BEYOND

Maja Brala-Vukanović orcid.org/0000-0002-5708-7624 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Peter Gärdenfors orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-828X ; Department of Philosophy, Lund University
Mihaela Matešić orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-8512 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

We investigate a particular subclass of semantic features associated with demonstratives of quantity and quality, and the respective interrogatives. We explore these lexical elements as they behave linguistically in simile constructions in Croatian. We show that the semantic features that can be focused on in similes are the same as the references of the full system of Croatian demonstratives. However, the possibility to focus on a particular semantic feature by a specific choice of demonstrative or interrogative in simile constructions is being replaced in usage by the generic simile word ‘kao’.

Keywords

demonstrative; interrogative; simile; Croatian; semantic feature; semantic domain

Hrčak ID:

269273

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/269273

Publication date:

28.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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