K takzvaným kapacitivům

• Authors: Luboš Veselý

Title variants

EN

On so-called capacity verbs

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with capacity verbs, defined as verbs expressing the ability of the left-hand complement to perform the action described by the underlying verb. The following problems are discussed: 1. The aspect of capacity verbs. 2. Their usage in reference to non-actual actions only, or to a concrete action as well. 3. The appropriateness of distinguishing them from other verb classes. 4. The ‘ability’ meaning of their u- prefix. 5. Their membership in the class of Aktionsart verbs (procedurals). Also included is a polemical reaction to F. Štícha’s article on verbal adjectives ending in -cí (udělající), published in the SaS in 2008.

Keywords

CS

čeština; slovesa; způsoby slovesného děje; kapacitiva; slovesný vid

EN

Czech language; verbs; Aktionsart; capacity verbs; verbal aspect

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 113-121
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Luboš Veselý

• Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v. v. i., Letenská 123/4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic