Limitators in the shape of the superlative of adverb in Polish Cover Image

Operatory limitacji o postaci superlatywu przysłówka w języku polskim
Limitators in the shape of the superlative of adverb in Polish

Author(s): Maciej Grochowski
Subject(s): Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: the contemporary Polish language; syntax; parts of speech; connotation; quantification;

Summary/Abstract: It is possible to distinguish in Polish a special class of lexical units that have the shape of adverb superlatives, yet belong to the class of metapredicative operators. The paper discusses a subclass of them, namely limitators. A limitator opens one syntactic position, primarily on its right side, for an expression implying the notion of quantity, number or measure; grammatical forms of the expressions filling this position are varied. Contrary to that, a superlative of adverbs opens up two positions, the first for a verb and the other for a prepositional phrase. The paper contains a detailed analysis of five homonymic units belonging both to the class of adverbs and to the class of limitators.

  • Issue Year: 75/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 161-174
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish