Cross-linguistic Morphological Categories

IE Inflectional - Derivational Correlations (Continued)

II. Secondary Inflectional Functions

INFLECTIONAL FUNCTIONS (SKT:ENG)

28a. Anteriority (Place: agre+Gen: in front of)
pred sob-om [pred+Instr]
"in-front-of the-room"

28b. Anteriority (Time: piirva+Abl: before)
pred rat [pred+Ace]
"before the-war"

29a. Posteriority (Place: pascat+Abl: behind)
za gor-ama [za+Instr]
"behind the-mountains"

29b. Posteriority (Time: parena+Abl: after)
posle rat-a [posle+Gen]
"after the-war"

30. Superession (upari+Gen: over)
nad zem-lj-om [nad+Instr]
"above the-ground"

31. Subession (adhas+Ace: under)
pod vod-om [pod+Instr]
"under the-water"

32. Transession (adhi+Ace: across)
preko mor-a [preko+Gen]
"across the-ocean"

33. Intermediacy iantar+Ace: between)

među narod-ima [medu+Instr]
"between nations"

34. Prolation (anu+Ace: along)

duž Dunav-a [duz+Gen]
"along the-Danube"

35. Proximity (abhyiise+Gen: by/near/at)
pri mor-u [pri+Oat]
"by the-sea"

36. Opposition (prati+Ace: against)
protiv avion-a [protiv+Gen]
"against aircraft"

37. Perlation (tiras+Ace: through)
kroz sum-u [kroz+Acc]
pro-laz "through the-woods"

38. Circumession (pari+Acc: around)
oko kuć-e [oko+Gen]
"around the house"

39. Termination(? : up to)
do kuć-e [do+Gen]
"as far as the house"

40. Concession (.? )
uprkos covek-u [uprkos + Oat]
"despite the man"

41. Distribution
po deset dinara (po + Loc]
"ten dinars apiece"

42. Exception ( ? )
[Negative [Sociation]]
osim covek-a [osim/izuzev + Gen]
"except the man"

43. Privation (,:e, vinii + Inst: without)
[Negative [Possession]]
bez vod-e [bez + Gen]
"without water"

44. Thematicity (pari + Ace: about)
(misliti) o kuc-i [o + Loe]
"(think) about the house"


LEXICAL DERIVATIONS

Anterior Nominals
pred-sob-lj-e
"anteroom"

Antecedent Nominals
pred-rat-n-i
"prewar"

Posterior Nominals
za-gor-sk-i, za-gor-j-e
"transmontane (region)"

Subsequential Nominals
po(sle)-rat-n-i
"postwar"

Superessive Nominals
nad-zem-n-i
"overground"

Subessive Nominals
pod-vod-n-i
"underwater"

Transessive Nominals
preko-mor-sk-i, prekomor-j-e
"overseas"

Intermediative Nominals
među-narod-n-i
"international"

Prolative Nominals
po-dunav-sk-i, po-dunavlj-e
"Danubian (basin)"

Proximate Nominals
pri-mor-sk-i, pri-mor-j-e
"coastal (region)"

Oppositive Adjective
protiv-avion-sk-i
"anti-aircraft"

Perlative Nominals
(deverbal nominalization)
"throughway"

Circumessive
oko-vrat-nik
"collar" (around the neck)

Terminative
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Concessive
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Distributive
dvudinarno (pivo)
"two-dinar (beer)

Exceptive?
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Privative Adjective
bez-vod-an
"waterless, arid"


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III. Tertiary Prepositional Functions

SERBO·CROATIAN
kod "at someone's (chez)" mesto "instead of"
sred "amid"radi "for the sake of"
zbog "thanks to"prema "toward, opposite"

ENGLISH
atop amid alongside but since until
astride among save opposite including during
aboard beside except near toward besides
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