УДВОЈУВАЊЕ НА ПРЕДЛОЗИТЕ ВО МАКЕДОНСКИОТ ЈАЗИК ОД АСПЕКТ НА АРЕАЛНАТА ЛИНГВИСТИКА
Preposition Doubling in Macedonian from the Prerspective of Areal Linguistics

Summary/Abstract: In Macedonian language, doubling of prepositions is well documented in grammars and monographs, but now we can witness increased use of prepositional sequences in the modern Macedonian standard and dialects. The need for more precise spatial determination became necessary, and this is precisely where the role of the (secondary) complex prepositions are in use: nasred, nakaj, dokaj, otkaj,, etc. However, Macedonian language has the so-called double prepositions (prepositional sequences), whose main function is more precise spatial determination (od pred, od zad, od pod, do pred, za pred, za vo, za na, etc.) The high frequency of prepositional sequences is common not only in modern Macedonian but also exists in Western peripheral dialects which had closer contacts in with Balkan linguistic environment. It can be concluded that the Balkanised structure of Macedonian language allows certain Balkan tendencies to expand and evolve in some new directions and still retain the primary goal - more transparent and clearer communication among the speakers of the language.

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