KAUZALNE INSTRUMENTALNE KONSTRUKCIJE S PROKSIMATIVNIM PRIJEDLOZIMA PRED(A), ZA, NAD(A) I POD(A)
CAUSATIVE INSTRUMENTAL STRUCTURES WITH THE PROXIMATIVE PREPOSITIONS IN FRONT OF, FOR, ABOVE AND UNDER

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates instrumental structures with the prepositions pred(a), za, nad(a), pod(a) (in front off or, above and under) marked with causative meaning. These prepositions will be explained semantically due to the metaphorical extensions of their locative meanings (localisation of the front, back, above and below). The causative meanings of these structural models contain three types of causes: effect, reason, and criterion. The crucial characteristic is the conceptual-semantic component between the object of localisation and the localisator, an unaltered cognitive distance based on metaphorical transposition of the semantic characteristics of the prepositions infront off, for, above and under, which is usually characteristic of instrumental case-prepositional structures. The crucial conceptual-semantic component between the object of localisation and localisator for the instrumental with the preposition in front of is the main component of the retreat or psychological distancing; the component of unattainability of the instrumental referent is a specific component for instrumental structures with the preposition for. It is a very common characteristic for structures with the preposition above to relate between the domination of the object of localisation and the localisator. The instrumental referent is the main reason for various psychological states (i.e. agents) in a person. The causative meaning of the instrumental with the preposition under is supported by semantic extensions based on the spatial relation of sublocality. In such structures the instrumental referent is the controller of the verbal process and is the cause of action of the object of localisation.

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