1732-8160 The Word Order and Prosody of Polish Constructions with Subject-oriented Evaluative Adverbs and Their Impact on the Meaning of These Structures (Part 2) Duraj-Nowosielska Izabela author Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu 0102mm775 Correspondence to: Izabela Duraj-Nowosielska 20 05 2025 Vol. 19, Issue 4 Volume 19 (2024) 159 178 Copyright © 2025 2025 <p>The article examines the impact of word order and prosody on the meaning of constructions with evaluative adverbs in Polish. While Polish literature on adverbs often suggests that the position of adverbs “proper” carries no semantic significance, unlike that of metatextual particles (some of which are formally identical to them), there exists a specific subclass of adverbs that exhibit similar behaviour to particles in this regard. This subclass, known as subject-oriented adverbs, includes evaluative adverbs, which are the main focus of this analysis. <br />The article is divided into two parts. 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