On nouns functioning as prepositions

On nouns functioning as prepositions

This paper analyzes semantic transformations of nouns functioning as prepositions. The semantic characteristics of prepositions are discussed, and Belic’ concept of adverbial origin and meaning of prepositions is reviewed. Contrary to usual perception that prepositions have mere grammatical meani...

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Main Author:	Dragićević Rajna M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for the Serbian Language, Belgrade 2012-01-01
Series:	Južnoslovenski Filolog
Subjects:	nouns prepositions prepositionalization grammaticalization grammatical polysemy semantics Serbian language
Online Access:	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-185X/2012/0350-185X1268091D.pdf

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