| Title |
Demetonymised Reflexives in Polish |
| Authors |
Holvoet, Aksel |
| DOI |
10.12775/LinCop.2024.004 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Linguistica Copernicana.. Toruń : Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika. 2024, vol. 21, p. 37-53.. ISSN 2080-1068. eISSN 2391-7768 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Polish ; reflexive ; metonymy ; antipassive |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article deals with Polish reflexive constructions in which an object remaining implicit in the non-expanded reflexive construction as being metonymically coreferential with the subject (as in tłumaczyć się ‘explain oneself’ for tłumaczyć swoje decyzje ‘explain one’s decisions’ and the like) is reintroduced as an oblique argument, as in tłumaczyć się ze swoich decyzji ‘explain one’s decisions’. Such constructions have been characterised as antipassive. It is argued here that they can be explained as a minor, lexically restricted construction in the domain of the reflexive. The originally metonymic character of reflexivity being reinterpreted as affectedness of the subject-agent, the original object can be reintroduced as an oblique argument. The construction is thus unrelated to the antipassive. |
| Published |
Toruń : Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2024 |
| CC license |
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