Wyrażenia przyimkowe typu "с рук, до ужаса" w "Słowniku frazeologicznym języka rosyjskiego"

Abstract

The article in its introductory part contains an analysis of the views expressed by both Russian and Polish scholars (N.M. Shanski, V.V. Vinogradov, St. Skorupka) about the discussed phrases. The author then goes on to discuss critically the opinion of N.M. Shanski according to which prepositional phrases should not be included in to phraseology sensu stricto. In the main part of the article the author presents her attempt at preliminary analysis of prepositional phrases regarded from the angle of (1) Their component parts. The analysis comprises - firstly, the noun, and secondly, the preposition as a component part of the phrases under discussion. (2) Semantics. The author concerned herself first with phrases with one meaning, since they constitute the prevailing majority of prepositional phrases. Then she discussed prepositional phrases which have two, three, four, and even five different meanings. (3) Their syntactical functions. The analysis of prepositional phrases leads up to the conclusion that in most cases they perform the function of constructive members of a sentence, viz., of qualifying phrases, predicative expressions, attributives; not infrequently the same prepositional phrase, depending on the context it appears in, may perform the function of two or even three different constructive members. The author then proceeds to discuss prepositional phrases which play the part of structures outside the sentence. In the concluding part of her article the author tries to divide prepositional phrases according to the degree of their semantic connexion, proving that actually prepositional phrases are a component part of phraseology.