Synonimia słowotwórcza przymiotników w gwarach – wybrane problemy interpretacyjne
Formative synonymia of adjectives in dialects – selected interpretative issue.

Summary/Abstract: The author presents selected issues of an analysis of adjectival derivatives which are parts of formative synonymia. She discusses difficulties with the interpretation of the meaning of derivatives and the function of the formants that create them. The analysis is based on expressive adjectives that indicate intensification and weakening of a feature. These adjectives occur in the dialects of central Poland. The adjectives indicating a high degree of intensity of a given feature result in a number of synonyms whose formants fulfil different functions: expressive (e.g. -uchny, -uśki, -utki, -usi, -usieńki), strengthening and exaggerating (e.g. -chny, -achny, -alachny, -aśny, -aśki). Special attention has been paid to the context that plays a primary role in the understanding of adjectives of an incomplete feature. It is a major tool of selecting the material in which the same formants (e.g. -awy, przy-, przy-/-awy) create derivatives indicating the weakening or excess of the primary feature.

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