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Expressive N+N Combinations in Polish and the Coordination/Attribution Cline

Publication date: 20.03.2019

Studies in Polish Linguistics, Volume 14 (2019), Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 18

https://doi.org/10.4467/23005920SPL.19.001.10281

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Bożena Cetnarowska
University of Silesia in Katowice
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-6827 Orcid
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Expressive N+N Combinations in Polish and the Coordination/Attribution Cline

Abstract

In this paper I will examine N+N juxtapositions in Polish, such as kobieta anioł (woman angel) ‘an angel of a woman’, praca marzenie (job dream) ‘dream job’, dziecko geniusz (child genius) ‘prodigy child’ and kierowca cham (driver lout) ‘a lout of a driver’. I will demonstrate that they exhibit properties of expressive combinations, as discussed for English by Potts (2007) and for German by Meibauer (2013). It will be proposed that Polish expressive N+N juxtapositions under analysis fall into two groups. Juxtapositions belonging to the first group, e.g. kierowca cham ‘a lout of a driver’, behave like coordinate compound-like units. Juxtapositions which form the second group of expressive complexes, such as kobieta anioł ‘an angel of a woman’ and praca marzenie ‘dream job’, can be treated as attributive-appositive (ATAP) combinations (in Scalise and Bisetto’s 2009 classification). The occurrence of a cline between coordinate and attributive multi-word units is postulated.

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Information: Studies in Polish Linguistics, Volume 14 (2019), Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 18

Article type: Original article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-6827

Bożena Cetnarowska
University of Silesia in Katowice
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-6827 Orcid
All publications →

University of Silesia in Katowice
Poland

Published at: 20.03.2019

Article status: Open

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