O slovním přízvuku na jednoslabičných předložkách v češtině:

• Authors: Radek Skarnitzl

Title variants

EN

On word stress on monosyllabic prepositions in Czech:

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Monosyllabic prepositions in Czech are known to attract the stress of the words following them (e.g., 'jedu 'do Prahy, I’m going to Prague, rather than 'jedu do 'Prahy). However, certain factors have been recognized which allow for the shift of stress from the preposition to the following word. This study examines these factors in two types of speech material, in read newscasts on Czech Radio and in spontaneous dialogues. The length (number of syllables) of the preceding word has a clear effect, with longer words attracting stress more than shorter ones. Stress also tends to be shifted less when the following word is a noun and more when it is an adjective modifying a noun. Perhaps most interestingly, a great majority of the instances when stress was shifted resulted in a more rhythmical configuration, in a more regular number of syllables in neighbouring stress groups.

Keywords

CS

čeština; předložky; rytmus; mluvní styly; slovní přízvuk

EN

Czech; prepositions; rhythm; speech styles; word stress

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 78-91
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Radek  Skarnitzl

• Naše řeč, redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic