O wyróżnianiu i nagradzaniu
On distinguishing and rewarding

Summary/Abstract: The author presents a syntactic and semantic analysis of the predicate [ktoś – someone] wyróżnił – distinguished [kogoś/coś – someone/something] [czymś – with something] [za coś – for something] and poses a question about semantic relations between this predicate and the verb [ktoś – someone] nagrodził – rewarded [kogoś/coś – someone/something] [czymś – with something] [za coś – for something]. The point of departure here is the description of both the units proposed in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego ed. by S. Dubisz (2003), where they are considered synonymous. The data derived from observations of the manners in which the individual positions opened by the two verbs are filled in provided grounds for questioning this thesis and stating that even where the verbs wyróżnić and nagrodzić are used interchangeably, such an exchange always involves a subtle but perceptible difference of meanings: they are employed to describe the same situation but each of them extracts different aspects from it. Trans. M. Czarnecka

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