Skąd się biorą przysłówki, czyli dlaczego łatwiej opisywać adwerbialia niż adwerbia
Where adverbs come from or why it is easier to describe adverbials than adverbs

Summary/Abstract: The central problem in this paper is the way in which the adverb exists: Is its status similar to the status of verbs, nouns, adjectives, or maybe – when we consider that the adverb is usually derived from other parts of speech, like adjectives or nouns – it “does not really exist”? This question evokes further ones: How “real” are parts of speech? What is the difference between them and the categories of speech which are considered as universal? Is it possible to compare adverbs (verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.) in different languages? In spite of these diffi culties, the author tries to defend the thesis that the adverb – considered as Coseriu’s category of speech – really exists.

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