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Albańskie odczasownikowe derywaty przymiotnikowe
Albanian adjective derivatives derived from verbs

Author(s): Artur Karasiński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Albanian language; word formation (derivation); adjective derivatives; adjective derived from verbs; argument categories; predicate categories.

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is the analysis of the Albanian adjective derivatives which are derived from verbs. The main assumption made by the author is the existence of structu­ral isomorphism (parallelism in language elements system in which structuring of one level parallels or is made to parallel that of another) between the structure of the derivative and the structure of the sentence. The proposed model of the analysis is directed from content to form. All examined adjective derivatives derived from verbs are being analyzed with their noun context which displays their semantic structure. Nominal phrases containing adjective derivatives are interpreted as the representation of predicate­argument structures. The kind of relation between defined noun and derivational base of the adjective is a criterion of the division of Albanian adjective derivatives derived from verbs. These main types of relations are: 1. relation in which the base of an adjective represents basic predicate; 2. relation in which the base of an adjective represents additional predicate. Classes which are the results of the main division are the subject to detailed description.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 125-134
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish