The influence of prefixation on the valence of Polish verbs Cover Image

Wpływ prefiksacji na walencję polskich czasowników
The influence of prefixation on the valence of Polish verbs

Author(s): Elżbieta Wierzbicka-Piotrowska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: verb; rection; meaning;

Summary/Abstract: The article describes all the changes in valence patterns caused by prefixing in Polish. The analysis of several hundred verbs allowed to distinguish among them those that inherit the valence scheme from their word-formation bases, and 9 types of derivatives that change their valence requirements after adding a prefix to them. These changes concern the number of opened positions, their configuration and morphological form. Their source is most often the meaning introduced by the prefix into the semantic structure of ta verb, or the type of the prefix distinguished according to the grammatical case imposed by this prefix.

  • Issue Year: 75/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 479-500
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish