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Analiza semantyczna wybranych jednostek języka związanych z wydawaniem pieniędzy
A Semantic Analysis of Selected Language Units Related to the Concept of Spending Money

Author(s): Dorota Kruk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semantics, Phraseology
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: to spend money on sth; language units; meaning; explication

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is the delimitation and semantic analysis of language units represented in the Polish language by the forms: wykosztować się [spend a lot of money], szarpnąć się [buy something expensive], zrujnować się, spłukać się [spend all one’s money] and szastać [spend money in a reckless manner]. The author distinguishes the relevant language units and carries out their analysis according to the assumptions of reductionist semantics within the structuralist tradition which sets a clear boundary between semantics and pragmatics. The effect of the analysis conducted by the author is the identification of verbal units in the form of [ktośi] [somebody] wykosztował się na [cośj], [ktośi] szarpnął się na [cośj], [ktośi] zrujnował się na [cośj], [ktośi] spłukał się, as well as [ktośi] szasta [czymśj: pieniądze [money]]. The author describes the semantic properties of the distinguished lexemes and formulates explications of the notions assigned to them.

  • Issue Year: 19/2024
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 89-102
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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