The Story of Polish 'Para': From a Group Noun to a Measure Word
and Indefinite Quantifier

D 2015

The Story of Polish 'Para': From a Group Noun to a Measure Word and Indefinite Quantifier

WĄGIEL, Marcin

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Story of Polish 'Para': From a Group Noun to a Measure Word and Indefinite Quantifier

Autoři

WĄGIEL, Marcin

Vydání

Frankfurt am Main, Slavic Languages in the Perspective of Formal Grammar. Proceedings of FDSL 10.5, Brno 2014, od s. 325-344, 20 s. 2015

Nakladatel

Peter Lang

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/15:00086272

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-3-631-66251-9

Klíčová slova anglicky

measure words; group nouns; quantifiers; pluralia tantum; plurality; collectivity

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 3. 2016 15:37, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková

Anotace

V originále

In this paper I trace the semantic change the Polish measure word 'para' ('pair') and quantifier 'parę' ('several, a few') have undergone. I show that both words originated from the Old Polish group noun 'par' ('pair') and explore both historical and Modern Polish data concerning puzzles related to the distribution and interpretation of 'para' and 'parę' in phrases with regular count nouns and pluralia tantum. Building on Krifka’s (1995) theory of common nouns which I extend with the group-forming operation developed by Landman (1989, 2000) I propose a semantic analysis of the Modern Polish measure word 'para' which can be further used to reconstruct its semantic development. The analysis assumes distinct denotations of singular and plural regular count nouns on the one hand and mass nouns and pluralia tantum on the other.

Citovat

WĄGIEL, Marcin. The Story of Polish 'Para': From a Group Noun to a Measure Word and Indefinite Quantifier. In Ziková, Markéta; Caha, Pavel; Dočekal, Mojmír. Slavic Languages in the Perspective of Formal Grammar. Proceedings of FDSL 10.5, Brno 2014. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2015, s. 325-344. ISBN 978-3-631-66251-9.

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   booktitle = {Slavic Languages in the Perspective of Formal Grammar. Proceedings of FDSL 10.5, Brno 2014},
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   publisher = {Peter Lang},
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   year = {2015}
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N2  - In this paper I trace the semantic change the Polish measure word 'para' ('pair') and quantifier 'parę' ('several, a few') have undergone. I show that both words originated from the Old Polish group noun 'par' ('pair') and explore both historical and Modern Polish data concerning puzzles related to the distribution and interpretation of 'para' and 'parę' in phrases with regular count nouns and pluralia tantum. Building on Krifka’s (1995) theory of common nouns which I extend with the group-forming operation developed by Landman (1989, 2000) I propose a semantic analysis of the Modern Polish measure word 'para' which can be further used to reconstruct its semantic development. The analysis assumes distinct denotations of singular and plural regular count nouns on the one hand and mass nouns and pluralia tantum on the other.
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WĄGIEL, Marcin. The Story of Polish 'Para': From a Group Noun to a Measure Word and Indefinite Quantifier. In Ziková, Markéta; Caha, Pavel; Dočekal, Mojmír. \textit{Slavic Languages in the Perspective of Formal Grammar. Proceedings of FDSL 10.5, Brno 2014}. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2015, s.~325-344. ISBN~978-3-631-66251-9.

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