Abstract: This paper examines question formation in the Tucanoan languages of South America from a comparative and diachronic point of view. We argue that these languages exhibit a historical and semantic relat...

Abstract: U radu se predstavlja korpusno-kognitivno istraživanje temeljnih odrednica u procesu shematizacije tzv. laganih (light) glagola u analitičkim glagolsko-imenskim konstrukcijama u suvremenom engleskom j...

Abstract: This paper focuses on one element dividing Cognitive Linguistics and more traditional functional linguistic approaches to grammar, viz. the contrast between the construction oriented approach predomin...

Abstract: The present study – developed within the cognitive framework – provides a description and explanation of the semantic potential offered by the Basse Mandinka BANTA construction (i.e. a verbal gram for...

Abstract: The order of the constituents within a coordinated NP construction is in theory open, i.e. either constituent can occupy either the initial or the final position. When it comes to specific realization...

Abstract: Frazemske konstrukcije (FK) definirane su kao specifična vrsta izraza koji se sastoje jednim dijelom od leksički fiksnih elemenata (tzv. sidra), a u drugom dijelu od jednog ili više praznih mjesta koj...

Abstract: U članku se raspravlja o komplementima pridjevskih predikata uvedenih pomoću prijedloga for i of. U literaturi je uobičajena praksa da se za prijedložni izraz s for kaže kako uvodi subjekt infinitiva ...