IMIESŁOWOWE RÓWNOWAŻNIKI ZDAŃ W LISTACH C.K. NORWIDA
Participial elliptical clauses in letters by C.K. Norwid

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to an analysis of syntactic structures with uninfl ected participles in C.K. Norwid’s correspondence. The research has shown that the poet used participial elliptical clauses (imiesłowowy równoważnik zdania) consciously, in compliance with the standard applicable in the second half of the 19th c. The analysis was carried out based on the criterion of time relation preservation. Statements comprising present participles express an action performed at the same time as the action expressed in the main clause, while perfect participles in Norwid’s correspondence usually express an action preceding the action expressed in the main clause or, occasionally, the following one. Rare cases of using p.e.c. where the principle of time relation preservation was breached were recorded. A signifi cant criterion for the discussed structures is their semantic function arising from the possibility to transform p.e.c. into an adverbial clause. This criterion of division has proved that structures fulfi lling the function of time and causal clauses are most frequent. The high frequency of participles brings Norwid’s correspondence close to the literary genre.

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