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THE INTERPRETATION OF DEFINITE OBJECT CONJUGATION IN HUNGARIAN

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Pete I.
Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
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2006
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vol. 130
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issue 3
317-324
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In Hungarian, there are two conjugational paradigms, known variously as subject vs. object conjugation, indefinite vs. definite conjugation, or common vs. definite conjugation. In conformity with the principle of nomen est omen, the author proposes the terms subject conjugation (intransitive verbs, as well as transitive verbs without a direct object or with an indefinite direct object or else with a first or second person personal pronoun for direct object have inflectional forms varying in accordance with the number and person of their subject) and definite object conjugation (transitive verbs with a definite direct object, including third person personal pronouns, have inflectional forms varying in accordance with the number and person of their subject but also referring to the third-person character and definiteness of the direct object). Compare: Olvasok egy konyvet 'I am reading a book' vs. Olvasom a konyvet 'I am reading the book'. - In a recent paper, Huba Bartos does not see any difference in definiteness between first/second persons and third persons of personal pronouns. Banhidi (1972: 439) and Comrie (1977: 10), on the other hand, argue that the diverse persons of personal pronouns differ in terms of definiteness. The present paper surveys the members of the lexical category Determiner which require definite object conjugation in Hungarian and criticises several Hungarian examples discussed by Marcel den Dikken.
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ON THE NATURE OF COMPARISON (A fokozas mibenleterol)

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Pete I.
Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
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2009
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vol. 133
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issue 3
295-310
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The author makes twenty remarks about Gabor Szekely's book entitled 'Comparison: a unique linguistic phenomenon'. He agrees with Szekely regarding the main types of the comparison of adjectives in Hungarian, but offers some corrections and additions to his statements on morphological, lexical and syntactic types of comparison, mainly from a typological point of view.
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SYSTEMATIZATION OF MORPHEMES IN HUNGARIAN

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Pete I.
Magyar Nyelv (Hungarian Language)
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2006
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vol. 102
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issue 2
154-169
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Morphemics is a branch of morphology dealing with the morphemic analysis of words (root. A .affixes), with form-building (stem. A .inflectional affixes), with word-building (base form. A .formants) and with composition (two or more words. A .compound word), where A stands for 'arrow'.. The root of a word is the smallest shared morpheme within a family of words which carries the main lexical meaning of related words: asztal - asztal- i, asztal- os. According to their use, roots are usually free morphemes (can stand alone as complete words). Bound roots can never stand alone to make a word: hent-es, fesz-ül, patt-an, gyógy-ít. In some compound words two roots can be used as transfixes (usually in different meanings): vagyonrész - részvagyon, munkabér - bérmunka. The roots of old compound verbs are used in Hungarian as ambifixes: Létrehozták a megállapodást. - Nem hozták létre a megállapodást. Affixes are morphemes that can be added to a root. They are generally classified into various types, depending on their (1) position with respect to the root, (2) use, (3) function, (4) meaning, (5) frequency, (6) productivity and (7) origin. - According to their position with respect to the root, affixes fall into classes as follows: an affix added before the root of a word is a prefix: a-morális, ki-járat; affixes after the root are postfixes: ki-jár-at-i. An affix between two roots is an interfix: bar-o-gráf, ocean-o-gráfia. A unifix is an affix between a root (or stem) and a postfix: ad-o-tt. A superfix (also called suprafix) is a suprasegmental (stress or tone) distinction: dél felé mentünk - délfelé ebédelünk. There is no infix and no internal flexion in Hungarian. According to their use, affixes are almost always bound morphemes. The Hungarian verbal prefixes are used as ambifixes. The confix (also called circumfix) is an affix that is realised as a combination of a prefix and a suffix, such as be-dutyi-z. According to their function, affixes may be derivational, inflectional, or syncretic. The Hungarian postfixes are divided into derivational suffixes, inflectional suffixes (called jel in Hungarian, like past-tense -t in írt) and flexional endings of cases, persons or possessive endings.
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Once more about the necessity of a new redefinition of 'morpheme'

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Pete I.
Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
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2008
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vol. 132
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issue 1
74-85
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The author enters into a controversy with Istvan Kenesei on the necessity of a new redefinition of 'morpheme'. Kenesei's paper on 'Words, morphemes, suffixes' (Magyar Nyelvor 128 (2004): 441-445) raises a number of questions that point beyond the problems of that redefinition.
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Atomism and holism in linguistics

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Pete I.
Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
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2008
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vol. 132
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issue 4
461-477
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Laszlo Kalman (2007) claims that linguistics has been characterized by atomism for several thousands of years and suggests adopting a holistic approach instead. (The term holism first appeared in 1926 in 'Holism and Evolution' by Jan Christian Smuts.) Kalman makes an attempt to demonstrate the benefits of holism by giving examples involving the Romanian past participle, as well as argument structure and unifixes (connective vowels) in Hungarian. In the author opinion, Kalman's suggested patterns can help too little in the description of participles, arguments and unifixes. In linguistics, atomism and holism, induction and deduction are inseparable. Nevertheless, everything is possible in theory-dependent metalinguistics.
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