Conceptual analysis of the Croatian verbal prefix raz-allomorphs ras-, raš-, raž-, raza-, ra-
This paper aims to explain the semantics of the Croatian verbal prefix raz- and its allomorphs on the conceptual level. It also opposes the traditional structuralist approach according to which all verbs derived by means of the same prefix form a cluster of homonymous relations. The cognitive model,...
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| Language: | Croatian |
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Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje |
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| Online Access: | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/14463 |
| Summary: | This paper aims to explain the semantics of the Croatian verbal prefix raz- and its allomorphs on the conceptual level. It also opposes the traditional structuralist approach according to which all verbs derived by means of the same prefix form a cluster of homonymous relations. The cognitive model, however, and the idea of conceptual networks it accommodates, characterize the category of verbs derived by the prefix raz- as a radial category. This enables us to establish a motivated semantic link between what at first may seem different meanings, bringing them thus together into a sort of semantic unity. |
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| ISSN: | 1331-6745 1849-0379 |