Differences in the formalization of the semantic category of definiteness / indefiniteness

• Authors: Danuta Roszko , Roman Roszko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Differences in the formalization of the semantic category of definiteness / indefinitenessBasing on theoretical contrastive studies guidelines, the article defines the semantic category of definiteness/indefiniteness where two basic opposition meanings are being ascribed to. It also distinguishes crucial sub-meanings for this category. The category established like this constitutes a characteristic interlanguage typical of theoretical contrastive studies, which is here used as tertium comparationis for demonstrating the formal differences between Polish, Lithuanian and dialectal exponents to express particular sub/meanings. The differences demonstrated in the article are to confirm a different degree of the formalization of the category in each of the natural codes compared here. The idea of taking the local dialect of Puńsk into consideration results from a clearly visible influence of Polish and Lithuanian on the traditional dialectal system. In consequence, the dialectal system of exponents to express the meanings within the semantic category of definiteness/indefiniteness keeps a high degree of the traditional exponents specialization on one hand, but on the other hand, a low degree of specialization is being ascribed to some forms borrowed from Lithuanian (as a consequence of the Polish language influence), which results from the bilingualism of the Lithuanians living in Poland.

Keywords

EN

contrastive studies; interlanguage; semantic category of definiteness/indefiniteness; Lithuanian; Polish; Lithuanian local dialect of Puńsk in Poland

• Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Cognitive Studies
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 11

Dates

published

2011

online

2015-11-24

Contributors

author

Danuta Roszko

• Instytut Slawistyki PAN [Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences], Warszawa [Warsaw]
• Instytut Slawistyki PAN [Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences], Warszawa [Warsaw]

author

Roman Roszko

• Instytut Slawistyki PAN [Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences], Warszawa [Warsaw]
• Instytut Slawistyki PAN [Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences], Warszawa [Warsaw]

Identifiers

DOI

10.11649/cs.2011.004