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Zaimki – uniwersalny system referencji
Pronouns – a universal system of reference

Author(s): Zuzana Topolińska
Subject(s): Syntax
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: pronouns; semantic class; types of reference

Summary/Abstract: The author elaborates the thesis that pronouns, as a “pars orationis”, function as a universal system of reference in their respective linguistic code. She gives a short review of three pronominal subsystems in Polish from the point of view of their referential function: (a) definite pronouns, i.e. the basic means of referential identification; including personal, possessive and demonstrative pronouns, (b) indefinite pronouns, and (c) relative-interrogative pronouns.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 35-41
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish