Sažetak: In recent years cognitive linguists have shown that many grammatical structures are motivated by metonymic principles. The goal of this article is to demonstrate the role of metonymy in the emergence ...

Sažetak: 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...

Sažetak: Cilj je ovoga rada istražiti hrvatski frazeološki korpus vezan uz komunikaciju o smrti i umiranju, s posebnim obzirom na njegov eufemizacijski, odnosno disfemizacijski potencijal, a potom i ispitati j...

Sažetak: Ovaj članak istražuje na koji se način konceptualizira PSIHIČKA NESTABILNOST u hrvatskome jeziku unutar postavki kognitivne lingvistike: metaforom, metonimijom, predodžbenim shemama i kulturnim modeli...

Sažetak: U radu se daje pregled načina na koji su se teorijske postavke i konstrukti Teorije konceptualne metafore i metonimije nose sa specifičnim tipom figurativne jezične uporabe unutar fenomena životinjske...

Sažetak: 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...

Sažetak: This paper examines the polysemy of English nominalizations ending in the suffix -ion explaining it by metaphorical and metonymic extensions of the central meaning. The central meaning of -ion nominal...