Connectivity of the Adjective były ‘Former’ with Nouns Cover Image

Związki przymiotnika "były" z rzeczownikami
Connectivity of the Adjective były ‘Former’ with Nouns

Author(s): Adrianna Piotrowska
Subject(s): Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: semantics; syntax; lexical unit; adjective; noun

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the grammatical and semantic characteristics of the adjective były ‘former’, with a particular regard to its connectivity with nouns. The adjective były is an element of a nominal group, it connotes a noun on the right side, and cannot be used in the function of a predicate. It connects with certain groups of common nouns which denote people and artifacts, as well as with geographical names; it does not connect with names of animals or plants.

  • Issue Year: 14/2019
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 365-376
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish