Preposition-Pronoun Contraction in Polish

Konferenzbeitrag

This paper provides a lexicalist formal description of preposition-pronoun contraction (PPC) in Polish, using the theoretical framework of HPSG. Considering the behaviour of PPC with respect to the prosodic, categorial, syntactic and semantic properties, the assumption can be made that each PPC is a morphological unit with prepositional status. The crucial difference between a PPC and a typical preposition consists, besides the phonological form, in the valence properties. While a typical preposition realizes its complement externally via general constraints on phrase structure, the realization of a PPC argument is effected internally by virtue of its lexical entry. Here, we will provide the appropriate implicational lexical constraints that license both typical Ps and PPCs.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Head-driven phrase structure grammar ; Polnisch ; Andere Sprachen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Trawiński, Beata
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stroudsburg, PA : ACL
• (when): 2017-01-18

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-58098
• Last update: 06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET