Semantyczna i syntaktyczna analiza leksemu aluzja

• Authors: Przybyszewski Sebastian

Title variants

EN

Semantic and syntactic analyses of the lexeme aluzja (‘allusion’)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author analyzes the lexeme aluzja (‘allusion’) in the Polish language. Presenting its syntactical features on the background of some of its equivalents in other languages, he takes note of the limitations of collocations that are common to the lexeme in those languages. In the semantical analysis the author claims that two kinds of allusions can be distinguished. The first one plays only a referential role, directing the interlocutor’s attention towards a particular object (and it is very close to the English allusion) whereas the second one informs the receiver about something in an indirect way (as the English hint). Irrespective of how different the purposes of using allusions may be, it appears that aluzja implies the assumption shared by the speaker that the addressee has the knowledge and abilities indispensable for interpretation the allusion. The other assumption is also analyzed, namely: the speaker assumes that the real intention of his/her statement will be understood appropriately. However, aluzja fails to imply that it must be understood. It is possible that the addressee will either not perceive the statement as an indirect one, or notice an indirect character of the statement but will not relate it to the same object.

Keywords

PL

aluzja; semantyka; składnia; pośrednie akty mowy

EN

allusion; hint; semantics; syntax; indirect speech acts

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 186-200

Contributors

author

Przybyszewski Sebastian

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie