Vol. 22. No. 2 (12.2021)

Obituary
Page 177 - 184

In memory of Dubravko Kučanda

Gabrijela Buljan
Filozofski fakultet Osijek
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Editorial
Page 185 - 193

Introduction to the Special Issue

Gabrijela Buljan
Filozofski fakultet Osijek
Abstract:

Original scientific article
Page 195 - 225

Quirky negative concord: Croatian, Spanish and French ni’s

Johan van der Auwera
University of Antwerp
Abstract: This paper explores the interaction between connective negation (‘neither ... nor’) and negative concord, an issue that has not received much attention. It looks at different ‘negative concord’ langua...

Original scientific article
Page 227 - 250

On the origins of the epistemic, evidential, and subjectivity meanings in the mental state predicates: The case of Dutch

Karolien Janssens

Jan Nuyts
University of Antwerp
Abstract: This paper aims to contribute to the debates about the nature of the speaker-related meanings of the mental state predicates, on the basis of a diachronic corpus study into the semantic evolution of f...

Original scientific article
Page 251 - 268

The afterlife of the antipassive: Alignment shift and transitivity

Bernard Comrie
University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract: Three examples are presented of reanalyses of antipassives as or in the direction of ordinary transitive constructions, from Tsez, Chukchi, and Mayan languages. In all cases, an antipassive constructi...

Original scientific article
Page 269 - 293

A new look at word classes in Cognitive Grammar

Cristiano Broccias
University of Genoa
Abstract: Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar aims to offer a conceptual characterization of word classes. Pivotal to this endeavor is the distinction between a “thing” and a “relation” as well as the claim that rela...

Original scientific article
Page 295 - 338

Metonymy and Croatian adverbial clauses

Branimir Belaj
Filozofski fakultet Osijek
Abstract: In this article I examine some metonymic aspects of the semantics of Croatian connectives introducing adverbial clauses of cause, condition, purpose, and concession. The analysis leans on the theory o...

Original scientific article
Page 339 - 372

A note on the career of metaphorical domains: On the role of the XYZ constructions in metaphorical transfer reversal

Mario Brdar
Filozofski fakultet Osijek

Rita Brdar-Szabó
ELTE Budapest

Tanja Gradečak
Filozofski fakultet Osijek
Abstract: One of most dominant conceptual metaphors used to talk about the COVID-19 across languages and cultures is the WAR metaphor, but many other metaphors have been attested, exploiting a wide range of sou...