Derivational and Semantic Relations of Croatian Verbs

abstract Keywords: derivational morphology, morphosemantic relations, derivational relations, prefixation, semantic relations, Croatian WordNet This paper deals with certain morphosemantic relations between Croa-tian verbs and discusses their inclusion in Croatian WordNet. The mor-phosemantic relations in question are the semantic relations between unprefixed infinitives and their prefixed derivatives. We introduce the criteria for the division of aspectual pairs and further discuss verb pre-fixation which results in combinations of prefixes and base forms that can vary in terms of meaning from compositional to completely id-iosyncratic. The focus is on the regularities in semantic modifications of base forms modified by one prefix. The aim of this procedure is to establish a set of morphosemantic relations based on regular or re-occuring meaning alternations.