Zum Status und zu Funktionen der -n-\-t-Partizipien in polnischen mieć-Formen

Abstract

Summary This paper is an attempt to elaborate the various functions of the -n-\-t- participles in Polish periphrastic constructions with the verb mieć ‘to have’. Starting with the well-known basic assumption that there are significant tensions between different adjectival and verbal features of the participles in various constructions an attempt to the thorough analysis and description of their argument and event structure in the mieć-constructions with one, two and three place verbs has been made. It has shown that the diathetic ambiguities of the participles are still present in the elaborated forms, which are encoding with transitive verbs above all causative events and in which the agent role cannot be specified at first glance. Therefore other relevant factors, such as object and subject properties, which can largely influence the agent interpretation, should be included in the analysis, too. Furthermore, it is also emphasized that the reorientation of the participles can depend on their position regarding the clause object. The preliminary theses and research results presented in this paper can be further developed and evaluated on data from other Slavonic languages which show comparable constructions with have-verbs.