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Czasowniki w nowszej leksyce słoweńskiej
The verbs in the newer Slovene lexicon

Author(s): Agnieszka Zatorska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Slovene; the newer lexicon; verbs; semantics; derivation

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the presentation of 426 verbs, which are included in the dictionary of thenewer Slovene lexicon Slovar novejšega besedja slovenskega jezika [SNBSJ, 2012]. The analysisdemonstrates some modifications between the contents of SNBSJ and Slovar slovenskega knjižnegabezika [SSKJ] (the previous Slovene dictionary). The author of the paper uses such terms ashomonymy, polysemy, semantic modification. The data are classified. The verbs and the functionsof their parts were labeled as inchoative, terminative, finitive, resultative. The special attention waspaid to the temporality and to the Slavic category, which is Aspect and to the aspectual division ofthe analyzed verbs. The set of used prefixes were presented together with their functions. The lastpart of the paper brings the semantic division of the analyzed data. This classification lets to makesome observations about the modern Slovene society. The conclusions inform about such phenomenaas the internationalization and globalization shown by the investigation presented in the article.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 229-239
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish