Interactive and Interpersonal Meanings of Grammatical Structures: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Selected Direct Directive Constructions in Polish

ISBN-13: 9783631872826 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str.

Piotr Stalmaszczyk; Agata Kochanska

Opis

The work offers an analysis of the imperative, the periphrastic imperative, and the directive infinitive in Polish, with focus on how these grammatical structures are used in context to achieve particular kinds of interactive and interpersonal effects. The theoretical framework adopted for the study is Langacker's theory of cognitive grammar.

Spis treści

interactive and interpersonal meanings of directive constructions in Polish - cognitive grammar - pragmatic import of the perfective/imperfective contrast in the Polish imperative - pragmatic distance - import of distance-regulating structures in Polish - intersubjectivity - clausal grounding - construal

O autorze

Agata Kochanska is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. Her current research interests focus on meanings of grammatical structures. She is an author of a number of articles on the semantics of, among others, the verbal aspect, distance-regulating structures, and directive constructions in Polish.