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A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE VERBAL PREFIKS O(B)- IN CROATIAN
Ljiljana Šarić
; University of Oslo, ILOS
Petra Mikolić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Sažetak
This article analyzes the verbal prefix o(b)- in Croatian from a cognitive
linguistic perspective, focusing on how its apparently different meanings relate to each other, and the extensions of its spatial meanings into non-spatial domains. The prototypical meaning of verbs prefixed with o(b)- involves a general notion of circular movement realized in concrete spatial realms: a trajector (TR) performs a circular movement around a landmark (LM). This spatial schema of circular movement can be illustrated by the motion verb optrčati ‘make a full circle by running around a certain area’. Our analysis aims to show that the central meaning, move around (an object), has a special status in the meaning network because it directly or indirectly motivates all of the other meanings. We show that the various meanings of o(b)-verbs are not a random collection of unrelated senses, but form a semantic network in which individual meanings emerge via metaphorical and metonymic extensions and relate to systematic and partially predictable applications of concrete spatial relations to abstract ideas.
Ključne riječi
verbal prefixes; o(b)- in Croatian; cognitive linguistics
Hrčak ID:
155123
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Datum izdavanja:
19.2.2016.
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