Do ostatka and do reszty as limitative adverbs Cover Image

Do ostatka i do reszty jako przysłówki limitatywne
Do ostatka and do reszty as limitative adverbs

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

Summary/Abstract: The two considered adverbs belong to the group of units that inform about reaching a border. Do ostatka (1) and do reszty communicate the natural end of the action by indicating (but not explicitly naming) the border. The intensifier do ostatka (2) refers to the way of performing the action (its intensity) and to its completeness, do reszty shows the speaker opinion on the intensity of a feature of a given object.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 53-63
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish