Did God Create Man, or Did He Form Him? Semantic Features of Verbs stworzyć and utworzyć Cover Image

Bóg stworzył czy utworzył człowieka? Cechy semantyczne czasowników stworzyć i utworzyć
Did God Create Man, or Did He Form Him? Semantic Features of Verbs stworzyć and utworzyć

Author(s): Agnieszka Świątek
Subject(s): Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: the verb to do; elementary units; syntax; synonyms;

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the author critically assesses dictionary definitions of the Polish verbs stworzyć and utworzyć, which she treats as synonymous with the undefinable verb robić. The analysis of examples from the National Corpus of Polish and the Internet enables the author to describe the semantic features of the lexical units in question, as well as to point to the differences in meaning between them.

  • Issue Year: 75/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 297-312
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish