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O nieostrości granic słowotwórczych kategorii werbalnych w gwarach
About flexibility of verbal categories word-formation limits in dialects

Author(s): Izabela Ejsmunt-Wieczorek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: dialect; word formation; verb; word formation category

Summary/Abstract: The notion of word-formation is still the subject of discussions among linguists, because, due to its ambiguity, it is still insufficiently defined. Lack of clarity of word-formation category is considered to be one of the reasons of inter-categorical, semantic shifts. This subject has been often readily taken in reference to a noun on the folk basis, whereas, in reference to a verb, probably due to marginal treatment of this part of speech in description of folk word-formation, has remained unexplored. This dissertation discusses the issue of overlapping word-formation categories of significance ranges within the scope of folk verbs. It is also an attempt to indicate possible causes of this phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 73-84
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish