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Trajectories of change in paradigmatic cells in Czech

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Bermel N., Knittl L.

Naše řeč (Our Speech)

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2023

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vol. 106

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issue 5

247-274

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We examine a well-known phenomenon in the development of the Czech nominal declension system: the gradual supplanting of the original o-stem ending in the locative singular with the u-stem ending. We observe that, contrary to expectations from the literature based primarily on studies of English, this shift has been in progress for a millennium and, in the high-frequency nouns for which we have enough data to observe, the opposing trend is also frequently in evidence: the o-stem ending is introduced to lexemes where it was not found earlier. In the absence of a single, overriding motivation that could have derailed this shift from following the classic ‘S-curve’ pattern, we propose re-examining the retextualization model as a more fitting one for the complex interaction of factors and forms found in languages with complex inflectional morphology.

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Kodifikovaná plurálová shoda neuter v nominativu a akuzativu: mizející realita?

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Sojka P.

Bohemistyka

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2018

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issue 3

205-218

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It can hardly be argued that – for historical reasons – the neuter plural agreement has been one of the weak points of the Standard Czech morphology at least since the 1800s. At least since the early 1980s the only codified form (ta velká města zanikla) has been regarded by many speakers and even by many bohemists as too „bookish” whereas the Colloquial Czech form used in informal style in Bohemia (ty velký města zanikly) has still retained a high degree of colloquiality and the Moravian form (ty velké města zanikly) doesn’t meet with general acceptance in Bohemia (according to sociolinguistic research). This paper aims to answer the question to what extent the codified form of neuter plural agreement is applied in present-day TV interviews. The examined specimen contains 200 recordings of the Interview ČT24 show. The 200 interviewees are celebrities from political and social walks of life.

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Z historických příčin je plurálová shoda neuter bezesporu jedním ze slabých míst spisovného českého tvarosloví, a to nejméně od počátku 19. století. Přinejmenším od 80. let 20. století je jediná kodifikovaná varianta (ta velká města zanikla) považována mnohými uživateli jazyka, ale i některými bohemisty za vypjatě knižní. Obecněčeská podoba Ty velký města zanikly si však stále zachovala nespisovný charakter a ani moravská podoba Ty velké města zanikly není přijímána jednoznačně kladně (zejména mluvčími z Čech). Tento příspěvek se snaží odpovědět na otázku, jak silnou pozici mají kodifikované varianty v současných televizních interview. Zjištění vycházejí z analýzy 200 vysílání publicistického pořadu Interview ČT24, jehož hosty jsou osobnosti z politické sféry, jakož i z dalších společenských oblastí.

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Absolutní a proporcionální frekvence v ČNK ve světle výzkumu morfosyntaktické variace v češtině:

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Bermel N., Knittl L., Russell J.

Naše řeč (Our Speech)

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2014

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vol. 97

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issue 4-5

216-227

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This contribution discusses three ways of operationalising the notion of frequency as it relates to how often an item occurs in a corpus: the proportional frequency of forms (i.e. the percentage of instances in which one or another variant is found) and two ways of looking at absolute frequency. Working with data from unmotivated morphological variation in Czech case forms, we show that different types of data contribute to some extent to the way variation is perceived and implemented by native speakers, but suggest that proportional frequency seems most salient for speakers in forming their impressions and shaping their behaviour.

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Trajectories of change in paradigmatic cells in Czech

Kodifikovaná plurálová shoda neuter v nominativu a akuzativu: mizející realita?

Absolutní a proporcionální frekvence v ČNK ve světle výzkumu morfosyntaktické variace v češtině: