O NIEREFERENCJALNYCH KONTEKSTACH UŻYCIA ZAIMKA TEN
ON NON-REFERENTIAL CONTEXTS OF USING THE PRONOUN TEN (THIS)

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the Polish pronoun ten (‘this’) located next to proper names in contexts such as ten Martynowski, ten Marek, ten Gdańsk, ten Giewont. Due to its occurrence in immediately next to two expressions which primarily function as exponents of specifi c reference, one can put forward a hypothesis that the investiated pronoun is not applied in its referenTI al funczion in this type of seƫ ngs. Thus, it ceases to be a demonstrative pronoun, and assumes linguistic properties other than its basic ones. The aim of this study is to determine the linguistic nature of such occurrences of ten, also in reference to the thesis prevailing in the relevant literature, which, among other aspects, concerns the expressive value of such applications of the pronoun. The combinations of ten with proper names selected for analysis will be juxtaposed with nonobligatory occurrences of this pronoun next to nouns (as, for example, in the sentence: Na tym wczorajszym indyku można sobie było zęby połamać (You could break your teeth on that turkey yesterday).

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