Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity

Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity

This paper addresses the phenomenon of the quantitative and (de)intensifying properties of po- prefixed perfectives in Polish, such as delimitatives derived from atelic verbs and distributive perfectives whose sources are imperfective telic verbs. An analysis of the so called ‘satisfactive’ constru...

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Main Author: Lucyna Gebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Studi Slavistici
Subjects:
Polish Verbal Aspect
Delimitative Perfectives
Distributive Perfectives
Intensification
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9253
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spelling doaj-44d720121db246178300e4d624bc00bd2021-02-02T13:15:12ZengFirenze University PressStudi Slavistici1824-761X1824-76012020-12-0117210.13128/Studi_Slavis-9253Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive IntensityLucyna Gebert0"Sapienza" University of Rome This paper addresses the phenomenon of the quantitative and (de)intensifying properties of po- prefixed perfectives in Polish, such as delimitatives derived from atelic verbs and distributive perfectives whose sources are imperfective telic verbs. An analysis of the so called ‘satisfactive’ constructions with delimitatives accompanied by the non-argument dative reflexive pronoun is provided as well. While delimitatives have a deintensifying function, satisfactive contructions exhibit an intensifying value. The distributive po- perfectives, requiring one of the event participants to be plural, also convey a quantitative meaning. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9253Polish Verbal AspectDelimitative PerfectivesDistributive PerfectivesIntensification
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Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity
Studi Slavistici
Polish Verbal Aspect
Delimitative Perfectives
Distributive Perfectives
Intensification
author_facet Lucyna Gebert
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title Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity
title_short Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity
title_full Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity
title_fullStr Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity
title_full_unstemmed Prefixed Verbs in po- in Polish as an Expression of a Negative, Positive and Distributive Intensity
title_sort prefixed verbs in po- in polish as an expression of a negative, positive and distributive intensity
publisher Firenze University Press
series Studi Slavistici
issn 1824-761X
1824-7601
publishDate 2020-12-01
description This paper addresses the phenomenon of the quantitative and (de)intensifying properties of po- prefixed perfectives in Polish, such as delimitatives derived from atelic verbs and distributive perfectives whose sources are imperfective telic verbs. An analysis of the so called ‘satisfactive’ constructions with delimitatives accompanied by the non-argument dative reflexive pronoun is provided as well. While delimitatives have a deintensifying function, satisfactive contructions exhibit an intensifying value. The distributive po- perfectives, requiring one of the event participants to be plural, also convey a quantitative meaning.
topic Polish Verbal Aspect
Delimitative Perfectives
Distributive Perfectives
Intensification
url https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9253
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