The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts

This work is a part of a greater research of prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ in Croatian, namely of their usage with same nouns and their possible interchangeability (u cilju – na cilju ‘at the goal’, u dnu – na dnu ‘at the bottom’). While usually the use of different preposition changes the meanin...

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Main Authors: Ivana Matas Ivanković, Goranka Blagus Bartolec
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Published: Slavistično društvo Slovenije 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/3989
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description This work is a part of a greater research of prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ in Croatian, namely of their usage with same nouns and their possible interchangeability (u cilju – na cilju ‘at the goal’, u dnu – na dnu ‘at the bottom’). While usually the use of different preposition changes the meaning of the whole phrase (in prsten u kutiji ‘ring in the box’ location of the ring coincides with the interior of the box, whereas in prsten na kutiji ‘ring on the box’ location coincides with the place taken up by the top of the box), sometimes, they can be used without changing the meaning of the phrase (e.g. glumiti u/na filmu ‘act in a movie’). In this work, we have focused on prepositional phrases with nouns denoting body parts since they impose a closed group with some peculiarities, which has not been a subject of a detailed research yet.
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spelling doaj.art-d1a10b249a4247feac7a8487f0747e682022-12-22T01:28:57ZengSlavistično društvo SlovenijeSlavistična Revija0350-68941855-75702022-07-0170210.57589/srl.v70i2.3989The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body PartsIvana Matas Ivanković0Goranka Blagus Bartolec1Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeInstitut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje This work is a part of a greater research of prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ in Croatian, namely of their usage with same nouns and their possible interchangeability (u cilju – na cilju ‘at the goal’, u dnu – na dnu ‘at the bottom’). While usually the use of different preposition changes the meaning of the whole phrase (in prsten u kutiji ‘ring in the box’ location of the ring coincides with the interior of the box, whereas in prsten na kutiji ‘ring on the box’ location coincides with the place taken up by the top of the box), sometimes, they can be used without changing the meaning of the phrase (e.g. glumiti u/na filmu ‘act in a movie’). In this work, we have focused on prepositional phrases with nouns denoting body parts since they impose a closed group with some peculiarities, which has not been a subject of a detailed research yet. https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/3989Croatian languagepreposition u ‘in’preposition na ‘on’body partslocative
spellingShingle Ivana Matas Ivanković
Goranka Blagus Bartolec
The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts
Slavistična Revija
Croatian language
preposition u ‘in’
preposition na ‘on’
body parts
locative
title The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts
title_full The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts
title_fullStr The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts
title_full_unstemmed The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts
title_short The Croatian Prepositions u ‘in’ and na ‘on’ with Body Parts
title_sort croatian prepositions u in and na on with body parts
topic Croatian language
preposition u ‘in’
preposition na ‘on’
body parts
locative
url https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/3989
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