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Prefixed Verbs of Motion and Prepositions in Croatian

Prefixation is the most productive type of word-formation of verbs in Croatian. Adding the prefix to the basic verb of the imperfective aspect usually changes it into perfective verb. The basic meaning of the verb with prefix is preserved but it is slightly modified in accordance with the meaning of the prefix (letjeti ‘fly’—uletjeti ‘fly in’). According to Croatian grammars, such averb is often followed by the same preposition (uletjeti uvodu ‘fly into the water’). This repetitive pattern is considered typical in Russian and some other Slavic languages as well (Talmy 2007). The aim of this research is, based on corpus data (from Croatian hrWaC v2.2corpus), to examine the interrelation between four prefixes (do- ‘to’, od- ‘from’, u- ‘in’, iz- ‘out of’) and prepositions with five verbs of motion (ići ‘go’, letjeti ‘fly’, plivati ‘swim’, ploviti ‘sail’, trčati ‘run’) and to determine whether and how the word-formation with prefix changes the choice of preposition following the basic imperfective verb. Using corpus data, the main goal is to research the relation between prefix and preposition on five verb roots of motion (altogether 20prefixed verbs) and to confirm the homonymous prefix-prepositional pattern.

Croatian, hrWaC, prefixed verbs of motion, path, prepositions

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