Lexical functions as indicators of semantic relations in collocational phrases of Croatian

Abstract

The paper deals with Igor Meljčuk’s meaning – text model of lexical functions (LF’s) applied to collocational phrases in the Croatian language. The author points out that many simple standard lexical functions (basic LF’s and derivative LF’s) are general patterns of semantic characteristics of nounal collocations in the Croatian language. Some of the most important lexical functions (LF synonym, LF antonym, LF adjectivisation, LF prepositionalisation) are illustrated by examples from Školski rječnik hrvatskoga jezika (ŠR).

Keywords

• collocation
• collocational phrases
• lexical functions