Title:

Syntactic and semantic features of potąd

Creator:

Alberski, Bartłomiej

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2019

Subject and Keywords:

contemporary Polish ; semantics ; syntax ; pronoun

Abstract:

This paper discusses the Polish expression potąd. The author makes a distinction between its anaphoric(endophoric) and deictic (exophoric) uses. The author also distinguishes between two language units: ktośma kogoś/czegoś (genitive) potąd and the pronoun potąd, which replaces a locative expression. The first unitexpresses an excess of objects, causing a speaker’s dissatisfaction. This unit very often coexists with gestures,and the potąd segment is stressed in the phrase. The pronoun can only be used to describe the areanear the speaker, it is rhematic (TRS), and the coexisting noun is in accusative.

Relation:

Polonica

Volume:

XXXIX (39)

Start page:

169

End page:

178

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/POLON.39.8

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Access:

Open