Omnipresent na or about the expansion of the preposition na in contemporary Polish Cover Image

Wszechobecne na, czyli o ekspansji przyimka na we współczesnej polszczyźnie
Omnipresent na or about the expansion of the preposition na in contemporary Polish

Author(s): Jadwiga Waniakowa, Katarzyna Węgrzynek
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Phraseology
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: prepositions; prepositional phrase; na; w; linguistic correctness;

Summary/Abstract: The text concerns the spread of the preposition na in contemporary Polish. In the broadly understood function of expressing spatial relations, it displaces other prepositions, such as w and even przy and pod. The authors try to find out the reasons for this expansion by analyzing exemplary prepositional phrases concerning static spatial relations and taking into account contemporary Internet and corpus data, as well as confronting them with previous materials and normative recommendations.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 36-54
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish