| Abstrakt: |
Abstract: This article argues that a double-verb construction built around the verb wziąć and the element i - the so-called J(uncture)-WZIĄĆ gram - is a less canonical Serial Verb Construction (SVC). The gram complies with all the traits postulated as inherent to the prototype of SVCs with one noticeable exception - it exhibits an element that is homophonous with the conjunctive coordinator i ‘and’. However, i in the J-WZIĄĆ gram is not a true coordinator, nor is the J-WZIĄĆ gram a genuine coordinated structure. Rather, i functions as a dummy juncture, and the J-WZIĄĆ gram constitutes an example of pseudo-coordination - a stage on the grammaticalization path from coordination to verbal serialization. |
