A glance at baba (witch) and a chain of ensuing phenomena

Zenon Leszczyński

Abstract

On the basis of interestingly juxtaposed texts, mostly poetic, representing different epochs and styles, the author considers the ways of expressing predication in elliptical sentences in each text. The author is particularly interested in a predicative function of some prepositional phrases, including transformation from a prepositional phrase to a noun phrase within a text, as well as zero predication substituting verbs expressing speaking and its punctuation mark.