Prawdziwy przyjaciel - refleksje (około)semantyczne
Prawdziwy przyjaciel [a true friend] - semantic and related reflections

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this paper is reflecting on what is important in the relation of friendship, and particularly investigating (a) what characteristics of this relation determine the status of X as our friend confirmed by the statement To mój przyjaciel [This is my friend], (b) seeking the explanation of what function is played by the lexeme prawdziwy [true] in the collocation prawdziwy przyjaciel [true friend] in Polish and what its status is. What is curious is that this is a serial connection (cf. prawdziwy geniusz/patriota/artysta/ fachowiec…) [true genius/patriot/artist/professional…] and that it may not occur in these connections under stress (unless a corrective one, cf. Dobrze słyszałeś. Powiedziałam, że on jest !prawdziwym przyjacielem [You heard it. I said that he was a !true friend]). Trans. M. Czarnecka

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