On certain Old and Middle Polish syntactic structures with a relative pronoun Cover Image

O pewnych staro- i średniopolskich strukturach składniowych z zaimkiem względnym
On certain Old and Middle Polish syntactic structures with a relative pronoun

Author(s): Joanna Senderska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: anaphoric sentences; nonrestrictive clauses; relative clauses; Old Polish texts; Middle Polish texts

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author considers sentences which begin with a relative pronoun placed after a full stop, semicolon or colon (sometimes called anaphoric sentences) to be a specific kind of nonrestrictive clauses. Sentences of this type were frequent in Old Polish and Middle Polish texts. Nowadays they are used occasionally and seem to be a little mannerist.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 105-114
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish