Je li prijedlog za agresivan?
Is the preposition za aggressive?
Author(s): Maja GlušacSubject(s): Syntax, Lexis, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: language aggression; preposition za; grammaticalization; accusativisation;
Summary/Abstract: The preposition za is a primary preposition that has dimensional and non-dimensional meanings and comes with genitive, accusative and instrumental. The basic meaning of the preposition za is considered to be the spatial meaning, but its general accusative meaning of purpose and intention is also emphasized. Possibilities of substituting and suppressing other prepositions confirm the aggressiveness of the preposition za, and its use in front of immutable words confirms the processes of accusativisation, grammaticalization and lexicalization.
Journal: Jezik: časopis za kulturu hrvatskoga književnog jezika
- Issue Year: 68/2021
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 161-182
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Croatian