Koncept vlasti u jezičkom ogledalu

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose a theoretical model for analyse of words and expressions of power. In the first part of the paper the countability of apstract noun vlast is analysed. The second part of the paper contains analyse of words with prefixes nad, pod and pred. The final part of the deals with two problems: constriction of expressions with prepositions nad i pred (vladati nad, biti pod nečijom vlašću) and construction of expressions with preposition pred (izneti pred skupštinu, izvesti pred sud). The basis for the analyze is distincion between two axis of interaction: horizontal and vertical. One of the conclusions of the paper is that spacial relations effect on construction of words and expressions of power in the Serbian language.