Usage properties and meanings of the preposition mimo in the Croatian language Cover Image

Obilježja upotrebe i značenja prijedloga mimo u hrvatskom jeziku
Usage properties and meanings of the preposition mimo in the Croatian language

Author(s): Darko Matovac
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Syntax, Semantics, Cognitive linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: spatial language units; prepositions; mimo; Croatian, meaning;

Summary/Abstract: This paper describes and analyses usages of the preposition mimo in Croatian (the only spatial preposition etymologically related to a verb). Its main goal is to present a coherent semantic description of the usages of this preposition. This presupposes the elaboration of its primary spatial meaning as well as the identification of primary spatial meaning as a motivation source for all other usages – spatial and non-spatial. The theoretical framework is cognitive linguistics, while the analysis and the conclusions are based on the interpretation of examples collected through corpus searches. In addition to the information on prepositional usages, the paper brings information on other usages of spatial particle mimo as well.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 197-226
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Croatian