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Orð og tunga
Lykilorð
forsetning, hlutverksmerking, keðjuverkandi breyting, kerfisbreyting, orðasafn, orð-
fræði, orðmyndun, setningafræði
Keywords
drag-chain change, functional meaning, lexicon, lexicology, preposition, wordforma-
tion, syntactic change, systematic changes
Abstract
The prepositions undan and á undan are an integral part of the prepositional subsys-
tem of Icelandic referring to place and time. A number of changes within the system
itself has led to the system of modern Icelandic, some of which must be considered
in a synchronic analysis, e.g. the oppositions á undan 'before, ante' — á eftir 'after,
post' and á eftir 'following' — á undan 'in front of'. Similarly there is a direct connec-
tion between the semantics of composite words beginning in undan- and the syntactic
characteristics of the preposition undan and á undan.
Jón G. Friðjónsson
íslensku- og menningardeild Háskóla íslands
Hugvísindasviði
Árnagarði v/Suðurgötu
lS-101 Reykjavík
ÍSLAND'
jonf@hi.is