Papers by Daniela Katunar
Prepositions as a word class pose various questions as to the relation between lexical and functi... more Prepositions as a word class pose various questions as to the relation between lexical and functional language units and their place in the lexicon (Jolly 1991, Šarić and Reindl 2001). Though often referred to as function words, prepositions show a) systematic semantic relations, ie. near–synonymy, polysemy, antonymy and b) a wide variety of lexical and functional (grammatical) uses, indicating a complex interplay of systematic features and contextual modifications which participate in the formation of their meaning. Semantic relations such as antonymy are mostly discussed in terms of adjectives, nouns and verbs, leaving out a detailed description of antonymy effects in other word classes such as prepositions (e.g. Lyons 1977, Cruse 1986, Jones et al. 2012). By adopting the methodology of antonymy research developed for identifying and extracting antonyms from corpora, we examine the co–occurrence of prepositional antonyms in the Croatian National Corpus. We take up the cognitive linguistic position of examining antonymy as a prototype based category based on both conceptual opposition and contextual modifications (Paradis et al. 2009), and we observe its workings on the novel prepositional dataset. Based on the primary domains and conceptual structures that motivate prepositional opposition formation, we divide the antonyms into spatial (directional and locational), temporal and non–dimensional types. For each of the antonym types there are different contextual modifications and conceptual structures that shape these antonymy relations, indicating a complex interplay between language system and language use.
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The main goal of the paper was to detect specificity markers in Croatian. As specificity is in a ... more The main goal of the paper was to detect specificity markers in Croatian. As specificity is in a close relation to (in)definiteness, markers of (in)definiteness such as articles are standardly used as indicators of specificity as well. However, detecting specificity in articleless languages becomes less straightforward. Regardless of the lack of the article system, other (in)definiteness markers exist in Croatian. Here, we focused on the following markers of (in)definiteness in order to find specificity markers: i) the adjectives, ii) the numeral jedan 'one', and iii) the demonstrative (definite) and indefinite pronouns. As specificity markers in Croatian we discuss the numeral jedan 'one', the indefinite pronoun neki 'some' and the construction taj + neki 'that some'. Our study also lead to the formation of three categories of specificity based on the properties of these markers: a) contextual specificity, b) semi–lexicalized specificity and c) constructional specificity.
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Books by Daniela Katunar
Lexicalization patterns in color naming: a cross-linguistic perspective, 2019
The volume presents sixteen chapters focused on lexicalization patterns used in color naming in a... more The volume presents sixteen chapters focused on lexicalization patterns used in color naming in a variety of languages. Although previous studies have dealt with categorization and perceptual salience of color terms, few studies have been consistently conducted in order to investigate phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic devices languages use to form color terms.
The aim of this volume is to approach color data from a relativist and typological perspective and to address some novel viewpoints in the research of color terms, such as:
a) the focus on language structure per se in the study of lexicalization data,
b) investigation of inter- and intra-language structural variation,
c) culture and language contact as being reflected in language structure.
Topics of this book have a broad appeal to researchers working in the fields of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology.
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The aim of this volume is to approach color data from a relativist and typological perspective and to address some novel viewpoints in the research of color terms, such as:
a) the focus on language structure per se in the study of lexicalization data,
b) investigation of inter- and intra-language structural variation,
c) culture and language contact as being reflected in language structure.
Topics of this book have a broad appeal to researchers working in the fields of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology.
The aim of this volume is to approach color data from a relativist and typological perspective and to address some novel viewpoints in the research of color terms, such as:
a) the focus on language structure per se in the study of lexicalization data,
b) investigation of inter- and intra-language structural variation,
c) culture and language contact as being reflected in language structure.
Topics of this book have a broad appeal to researchers working in the fields of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology.