DOI:10.30842/alp2306573716222
Onufriyeva Ye. S. Πιο Χ πεθαίνεις:
sluchay zaimstvovaniya frazeologizma-konstruktsii v novogrecheskom
yazyke. Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. 2020. XVI(2):
608–636.
This paper explores a case of constructional borrowing in the
Modern Greek language — the Modern Greek constructional phraseme
Πιο Χ πεθαίνεις (lit., “more X you
die”), which is a phraseological calque of the respective French
(Plus X que Y, tu meurs) and Italian constructions
(Più X di Y
si muore).
Constructional phrasemes (CPhs) constitute productive patterns
consisting of an idiomatic fixed component and a non-idiomatic
variable component. The fixed component is reproduced in speech as
a prefabricated language unit and determines the typical meaning of
the construction, while the variable component is not lexically
specified and is inserted into the construction depending on the
context or the speaker’s intention. Though the typical meaning of a
CPh is only determined by its fixed component, a CPh can become a
complete utterance to express a complete thought after its variable
component position is filled. The fixed component imposes certain
semantic constraints on the fillers of the open slot.
Based on the data of Modern Greek text corpora, internet texts,
and social networks messages, we make an attempt to determine the
time when the CPh Πιο Χ πεθαίνεις
emerged in Modern Greek. In order to see if the construction has
undergone any changes in the course of its migration to Greek from
Italian and/or French, we separately analyze the structure, the
open slot fillers, and the functioning of the construction in
Modern Greek, French, and Italian.
It is demonstrated that the borrowed construction has retained
its original typical meaning. In the three languages, it typically
denotes a high degree of a quality or the maximum manifestation of
a characteristic of an object/person/state. It has also retained
the semantic restrictions set by its fixed component for open slot
fillers. At the same time, in the course of its borrowing, the
construction has been reduced formally while enhancing its
productivity and ability to form combinations with other language
units.
Keywords
Modern Greek language, constructional
phrasemes, constructional borrowing, phraseological calquing
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