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Polskie i słowackie czasowniki dystrybutywne
Polish and Slovak Distributive Verbs

Author(s): Sylwia Sojda
Subject(s): Language studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: distributive verbs; kind of action; iterativity; pluractionality

Summary/Abstract: The article is a compilation of Polish and Slovak research on distributive verbs. It indicates the definition of distributiveness in the compared language systems and the characteristic formal exponents of distributive verb forms, namely prefixes. Distributive verbs are described as those expressing a divisible action involving many objects and taking place at different times and places. The study also touches upon the relationship between distributivity and iterativity and pluractional verbs in Polish and Slovak linguistics.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 1-13
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish