O językowej naturze istot nienarodzonych (na tle właściwości walencyjnych implikujących je czasownikowych predykatów)

Abstract

The term used in the title has, so far, not been the subject of a more extensive linguistic reflection. The author of the paper aims at providing a description of lexical units implying the argument ‘unborn being (child)’ with respect to their structure and meaning. The method of analysis is based on proposing hypotheses in the form of analytical implications and subjecting them to falsification by bringing them down to contradiction. The content of the paper focuses on issues relating to the reconstruction of the form of lexical units (verbs). In a close reference to the content of the analysed terms, the discussion considers also the following notions: ‘żyć’, ‘wiedzieć’, ‘robić’ and many others. The author tries to prove that those components belong to the semantic structure of the examined phrases with the term child (unborn).