Glagoli kretanja i značenjske transpozicije u ciljnu domenu s prijedložnim akuzativom i instrumentalom
Verbs of Motion and Semantic Transpositions Into the Target Domain of the Prepositional Accusative and Instrumental Constructions

Summary/Abstract: The paper is about the semantic properties of the verbs of motion and their suitability for semantic transpositions in the target domain of the prepositional accusative and instrumental constructions. The verbs of motion prototypically indicate spatial relations and they are very suitable for direct metaphorical transpositions from the spatial domain into the final conceptual domain. The final domain is expressed in the following structural models with the verbs of motion: u + accusative, na + accusative, po + accusative, pred + accusative, za + accusative, s(a) + instrumental, za + instrumental. The metaphorical transpositions in these constructions are conditioned by a core meaning of accusative or instrumental, semantic properties of prepositions and by the meaning of the verbs of motions. These verbs denote physical movement of the elements in the space and dynamism is their crucial conceptual-semantic component. The core case meanings greatly contribute to the complete actualization of the final domain. In this case it is the accusative concept of a goal and the instrumental concept of parallelism. The semantic properties of prepositions specify the case meanings and in the verbal constructions in accordance with its semantic profile they indicate the final meaning (or intention). The movement process is defocused and the activity or object as a metonym for a certain action is profiled.

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