Space and metaphor in verbs prefixed with od-/ot- ‘from’ in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Bulgarian

This article analyzes Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) and Bulgarian (Blg.) verbs prefixed with od /ot- ‘(away) from’ from a cognitive linguistics perspective, focusing on spatial meaning extensions into non-spatial domains, as well as similarities and differences between the languages in question. Th...

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Main Authors: Ljiljana Šarić, Ivelina Tchizmarova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo 2013-11-01
Series:Oslo Studies in Language
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/741