Role of the context in expressing the beginning of the action in Polish Cover Image

Współdziałanie elementów kontekstu ze znaczeniem leksykalnym polskich czasowników inicjalnych
Role of the context in expressing the beginning of the action in Polish

Author(s): Jadwiga Stawnicka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.

Summary/Abstract: The article characterises so called ‘initial verbs’ in contemporary Polish. The author tries to capture the relation between their semantics and the context in which they appear. She describes aorist and perfective meaning by specifying the elements of the context that infl uence the way of expressing the beginning of the action.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 79-89
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish