Polish Verbal Prefixes #

[Jab04] [Sve04] [dD95]

Lexical entries for Polish verbal prefixes encoding the lexical / superlexical distinction of [Sve04], specialised to Polish per [Jab04]. The main typological parallels with Russian: lexical prefixes are R-heads inside VP (resultative, particle-like); superlexical prefixes are Asp-heads outside VP (aspectual operators); the same prefix can realise either class depending on context. Polish-specific feature ([Jab04]): the prefix po- shows verbalizer-class sensitivity — its interpretation (delimitative vs distributive vs inchoative Degree Achievement) depends on the embedded verbalizer suffix.

Main definitions #

Aspect — perfective vs imperfective.
SuperlexicalSubtype — six aspectual subtypes (parallel to Russian).
PrefixClass — lexical or superlexical _.
PolishPrefixedVerbEntry — a single entry.
inventory — six canonical entries covering the lex/superlex split.

Main results #

inventory_transparent_concat — every entry's prefixedForm is the literal concatenation morpheme ++ bareStem.
stemAspect_imperfective_of_isSuperlexical — diagnostic 56c ([Sve04] §4.1) verified across the inventory.

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structure Polish.VerbalPrefixes.PolishPrefixedVerbEntry :

Type

A Polish prefixed-verb entry. Polish orthography (with diacritics: ć, ż, ó, ł, ę, ą) used directly.

bareStem : String
Bare verb stem (infinitive, ending in -ć or -c).
stemAspect : Slavic.Aspect
Aspect of the bare stem.
morpheme : String
The prefix morpheme (without dash).
prefixedForm : String
The prefixed perfective infinitive (transparently morpheme ++ bareStem for the entries here; voicing-assimilation prefixes — z- alternating with s-, roz- with ros- — deliberately avoided).
prefixClass : Slavic.PrefixClass
[Sve04] class.
baseGloss : String
Gloss of the bare stem.
prefixedGloss : String
Gloss of the prefixed perfective.

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Lexical entries #

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def Polish.VerbalPrefixes.napisac :

PolishPrefixedVerbEntry

na-pisać 'write down' — lexical na- (spatial 'on, onto'). [Jab04] treats Polish na- with concrete-spatial meaning as lexical; the homophonous "pure perfectivising" na- (the standard PF counterpart of pisać) is also typically classified as lexical in the Svenonius framework. Built on the imperfective stem pisać.

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def Polish.VerbalPrefixes.wypisac :

PolishPrefixedVerbEntry

wy-pisać 'write out, copy out' — lexical wy- (spatial 'out', Polish counterpart of Russian vy-). Built on the imperfective stem pisać.

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def Polish.VerbalPrefixes.przyniesc :

PolishPrefixedVerbEntry

przy-nieść 'bring (carry to)' — lexical przy- (allative, Polish counterpart of Russian pri-). Built on the imperfective determinate-motion stem nieść.

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Superlexical entries #

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def Polish.VerbalPrefixes.zaspiewacInceptive :

PolishPrefixedVerbEntry

za-śpiewać 'start singing' — superlexical za- INCP (Polish counterpart of Russian za- on the inceptive reading). Built on the imperfective stem śpiewać.

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def Polish.VerbalPrefixes.posiedziec :

PolishPrefixedVerbEntry

po-siedzieć 'sit for a while' — superlexical po- DLMT. [Jab04]'s central topic: Polish po- shows verbalizer-sensitive interpretations; with imperfective high verbalizers it gives the delimitative reading shown here. Built on the imperfective stem siedzieć.

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def Polish.VerbalPrefixes.przeczytac :

PolishPrefixedVerbEntry

prze-czytać 'read through, read completely' — superlexical prze- CMPL (completive 'through, all the way'). Polish prze- is the canonical completive (cf. Russian iz- / do-). Built on the imperfective stem czytać.

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