On the Use and Meaning of Secondary Prepositions Formed by Grammaticalization of Nouns

• Main Authors: Vlasta Rišner, Maja Glušac
• Format: Article
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 2016-01-01
• Series: Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
• Subjects: grammaticalization; prepositionalized accusative case; prepositionalized instrumental case
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/261937

The paper describes two groups of secondary prepositions resulting from grammaticalization – prepositionalized accusatives and prepositionalized instrumentals. The research lead to the conclusion that the frequency of a particular group of prepositions is influenced by the degree of desemanticization as well as by the characteristics of the cases themselves – entirety/coherence of the accusative case, and dynamism and sociative features of the instrumental case.