Polisemia regularna czasownika w słownikach ogólnych języka polskiego
Regular polysemy in verbs in general dictionaries of Polish

Summary/Abstract: Numerous examples of distinguishing meanings in an intuitive and inconsistent manner can be found in the lexicographic practice. This is related to the accusation, which has been repeatedly brought against authors of dictionaries, that a description does not conform to postulates of linguistic theories. On the one hand, the diffi culty consists in the impossibility to fully refl ect a given convention of a linguistic description in a general dictionary. On the other hand, adapting the concept of a given dictionary to the current state of linguistic knowledge contradicts the lexicographic tradition and recipient habits. Therefore, this paper aims to determine whether and how general dictionaries of Polish record the types of regular polysemy in verbs identifi ed by Jurij D. Apresjan. The manner of presenting the phenomenon of productive polysemy is discussed in the fi rst place. The types of regular polysemy that are usually not recorded by dictionaries, since the difference between the meanings of a given verb comes down to the difference of diathesis, are presented next. The manner in which the presence of the described linguistic phenomenon in the structure of an entry is manifested if a given semantic shift is not refl ected in the form of separate meanings (subentries) is also demonstrated. Finally, the types of regular shifts that are typically recorded by dictionaries although their descriptions, apart from those with metaphoric grounds, are most inconsistent are distinguished.

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