Slovosled v dopisech Karla Havlíčka

• Authors: Karel Komárek

Title variants

EN

Word order in Karel Havlíček’s letters

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In his letters, the writer Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856) used word order changes common for Standard Czech of the 19th century: different attribute placement in relation to the determined noun, transgressives and infinitives in final position in semiclauses, finite verbs in final position in clauses, infinitive – modal verb inversion. These changes occur especially in passages in which the writer strove for esthetically impressive expression or a higher bookish style. In neutral communication, the usual word order based on topic-focus articulation is employed. The archaic type and markedness of Havlíček’s word order was confirmed by a survey in which most respondents modified the period word order in accordance with contemporary usage.

Keywords

CS

čeština 19. století; Karel Havlíček Borovský; jazyk korespondence; slovosled

EN

19th century Czech; Karel Havlíček Borovský; language of correspondence; word order

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 98
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 113-128
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Karel  Komárek

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