LingVaria (Jul 2014)
Agentywne znaczenie formantu -wa w gwarach wielkopolskich i języku polskim na tle innych języków słowiańskich
Abstract
Agentive meaning of the -wa suffix in Greater Polish dialects and general Polish versus other Slavic languages The paper reviews formations with the -wa suffix (and its variant -twa) in the Slavic languages in view of the state in Greater Polish dialects, where a striking domination of agentive personal names can be seen; linguistic kinships are indicated. An overview of derivatives in -wa is supplemented with nouns in -ba as there exist cases of word-formative doublets and resuffixation.
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