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NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions in Polish: Syntactic schemas employed in building phrasal nouns

  • Bożena Cetnarowska
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Binominal Lexemes in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
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Abstract

Phrasal construction schemas (postulated within the framework of Construction Morphology) can be instantiated either by free syntactic combinations or by compound-like phrasal nouns in Polish (traditionally referred to as “juxtapositions“). Two types of Polish phrasal nouns are discussed in this chapter: NN.gen juxtapositions consisting of a head noun and a postmodifying noun in the genitive case, and NArel juxtapositions, in which a head noun is followed by a relational adjective. Juxtapositions resemble morphological compounds in being able to motivate (semantically) suffixal derivatives as well as compound nouns or compound adjectives. Phrasal nouns exhibit other features of lexical units since their constituents (in spite of being independently inflected) are shown to be syntactically minimal and non-referential. It is emphasized that phrasal nouns function as naming units that can fill the gaps for non-existing morphological compounds. In the case of pairs consisting of phrasal nouns and compound nouns which contain the same stems, their semantic interpretation is compared. Brief comments are offered on the coexistence of synonymous NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions.

Abstract

Phrasal construction schemas (postulated within the framework of Construction Morphology) can be instantiated either by free syntactic combinations or by compound-like phrasal nouns in Polish (traditionally referred to as “juxtapositions“). Two types of Polish phrasal nouns are discussed in this chapter: NN.gen juxtapositions consisting of a head noun and a postmodifying noun in the genitive case, and NArel juxtapositions, in which a head noun is followed by a relational adjective. Juxtapositions resemble morphological compounds in being able to motivate (semantically) suffixal derivatives as well as compound nouns or compound adjectives. Phrasal nouns exhibit other features of lexical units since their constituents (in spite of being independently inflected) are shown to be syntactically minimal and non-referential. It is emphasized that phrasal nouns function as naming units that can fill the gaps for non-existing morphological compounds. In the case of pairs consisting of phrasal nouns and compound nouns which contain the same stems, their semantic interpretation is compared. Brief comments are offered on the coexistence of synonymous NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Exploring complex lexemes cross-linguistically 1
  4. Part 1: Form (morphosyntactic strategies)
  5. Defining and typologizing binominal lexemes 21
  6. Binominals and construct marking 73
  7. Compounds and other nominal modifier constructions in Pama-Nyungan languages 103
  8. New types of binominal lexeme in Anindilyakwa (Australia) 153
  9. Binominals in Äiwoo: Compounds, possessive constructions, and transitional cases 181
  10. NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions in Polish: Syntactic schemas employed in building phrasal nouns 213
  11. The derivational use of classifiers in Western Amazonia 237
  12. Binominals denoting instruments: A contrastive perspective 277
  13. Part 2: Meaning (semantic relations)
  14. Hatcher-Bourque: Towards a reusable classification of semantic relations 303
  15. Binominal strategies and semantic correlations in Turkic languages 355
  16. A classification of compounds in Karachay-Balkar 381
  17. Binominal lexemes in Moksha and Hill Mari 401
  18. Part 3: Acquisition
  19. Binominals and potential competitors in language development: Evidence from Swedish 429
  20. List of contributors 463
  21. Index of Subjects 465
  22. Index of Languages 471
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110673494-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Exploring complex lexemes cross-linguistically 1
  4. Part 1: Form (morphosyntactic strategies)
  5. Defining and typologizing binominal lexemes 21
  6. Binominals and construct marking 73
  7. Compounds and other nominal modifier constructions in Pama-Nyungan languages 103
  8. New types of binominal lexeme in Anindilyakwa (Australia) 153
  9. Binominals in Äiwoo: Compounds, possessive constructions, and transitional cases 181
  10. NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions in Polish: Syntactic schemas employed in building phrasal nouns 213
  11. The derivational use of classifiers in Western Amazonia 237
  12. Binominals denoting instruments: A contrastive perspective 277
  13. Part 2: Meaning (semantic relations)
  14. Hatcher-Bourque: Towards a reusable classification of semantic relations 303
  15. Binominal strategies and semantic correlations in Turkic languages 355
  16. A classification of compounds in Karachay-Balkar 381
  17. Binominal lexemes in Moksha and Hill Mari 401
  18. Part 3: Acquisition
  19. Binominals and potential competitors in language development: Evidence from Swedish 429
  20. List of contributors 463
  21. Index of Subjects 465
  22. Index of Languages 471
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