Intensives of the type orobić się in colloquial regional Polish Cover Image

Intensiwa typu orobić się w potocznej polszczyźnie regionalnej
Intensives of the type orobić się in colloquial regional Polish

Author(s): Renata Kucharzyk
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: word formation; intensives; colloquial Polish; regional variety; dialect;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article are the verbs with the prefix o- and the postfix się, e.g. orobić się ‘to work very hard, toil’, oczekać się ‘to wait a long time’, which semantically indicate the intensity of action. The analysis takes into account formal, semantic and functional aspects. The reasons for the frequent occurrence of such derivatives in colloquial Polish are also discussed.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 81-92
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish