Przyimki lubią powtórzenia
Prepositions like repetitions

Selected cumulative repetitions in Polish and French

Author(s): Magdalena Danielewiczowa, Ewa Pilecka
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the syntactic and semantic features of selected Polish and French expressions the construction of which is based on prepositions. The iteration of the nominal phrase accompanying the prepositional element is a distinctive formal property of these structures, e.g. oszust na oszuście, escroc sur escroc, ziarko do ziarka, grain à grain, krzesło przy krześle, chaise contre chaise. Th e main goals of the authors were: (a) to collect and to present relevant material of Polish and French, (b) to examine the similarities and differences between the respective constructions in both languages, (c) to establish the linguistic status of the analyzed expressions, as well as to discuss their meanings and syntax. Particular attention was paid to expressions denoting (1) the overrepresentation of elements, (2) the accumulation giving a new quality to the whole set of components and (3) the spatial proximity of objects.

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