Grammaticalization and polyfunctionality of the preposition za in Prizren-Timok and Kosovo-Resava vernaculars

In this paper, we have tried to outline the status of preposition ZA from aspect grammaticalization, which it is subjected a considerable extent in Prizren-Timok and Kosovo-Resava dialects, its polyfunctionality confirmed by numerous examples these Serbian vernaculars. However, must be borne mind that, contrast OD, they were process so-called areal other dialects - even colloquial literary language came within scope morphosyntactic segment balkanization. The prepositional-case connection + A / CG expresses large number relationships those that standard are represented some free cases or connections, else connections do not particularly share their presentation. Summarizing what presented corpus here, can differentiate three directions expansion CG: 1) penetration into field genitive ZBOG, accusatives U, PO NA, locative O; 2) replacement genitive, dative instrumental supplementary predicates (instead non-prepositional constructions); 3) service addition certain adjectives predicative adverbs state. significant specificity relation grammaticalized prepositions NA OD ZA-connection categories our material has property condenser, i.e., role transform predicate-argument structure, formalized as (a) causal, (b) final, (c) declarative sentence.