Publication at Faculty of Education |
2022
Abstract
The article discusses the origin, occurrence and use of terms referring to syntactic phenomena marked by a lower level of their categorical specialization. While the terms polosponové sloveso
('semi-copula') and polopredikativní konstrukce ('semi-predicative construction') can be considered as traditional, the term polovedlejší věta ('semi-subordinate clause ') was introduced relatively recently. All of these polo- terms have in common their not entirely clear conceptual background, as well as the fact that they refer to a wide and diverse range of phenomena in Czech syntactic treatises. The present article suggests terminological simplification based on formal, propositional and pragmatic criteria.