O roli czynników formalnych i semantycznych w dystrybucji polskich form deklinacyjnych
Formal and semantic factors in the distribution of Polish declension forms

Summary/Abstract: The problem can be very well illustrated with the results of the analysis of the distribution of masculine noun endings (Norn. Pl.) and the results of the discussion on the position of the ending -owie in the form system of that particular case. It appears that, contrary to previous findings, the distribution of that ending is based on a formal rather than semantic principle (it is added to nouns belonging to only two categories: 1) Christian names and surnames, and 2) names of family relationship). The use of this ending is limited to those word classes in which Nominative forms and other endings would increase the number of homonymic unite of the language. The changes in distribution of this case have not finished yet but they require a certain modification in the description of Polish decciension system.

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