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Resultative adjectives in Polish

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Acta Linguistica Hungarica

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This paper argues that resultative -ł-adjectives in Polish,such as zbiegł:y 'escaped' and zwiędły 'faded', are derived from past (-ł-system) participlesby means of conversion (or zero-derivation). Evidence is presented in favourof the lexical (rather than the syntactic) character of the derivation, inthe course of which resultative adjectives inherit the event structure ofverbal bases. It is suggested that the availability of a resultative -ł-adjectiveis indicative of the unaccusative status of the related verb in Polish.

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Cetnarowska, B. Resultative adjectives in Polish. Acta Linguistica Hungarica 47, 47–79 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014006329915

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