Genitiv třech, čtyřech – kodifikace a úzus

• Authors: Chalupova P. , Simandl J.

Title variants

EN

THE GENITIVE FORMS 'TRECH', 'CTYRECH' - CODIFICATION VS. USAGE

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The genitive of the Czech cardinal numerals 3 and 4, in addition to its regular forms 'tri', 'ctyri', has also had the analogous forms 'trech', 'ctyrech' for many decades. The latter forms appeared in Mluvnice cestiny 2 (Komárek et al. 1986) within the paradigms for these numerals; nevertheless, their value was (roughly) indicated as informal. Among the changes in the codification of Czech that took place in 1993/1994, they have been presented as unmarked. However, having explored the corpora SYN2000 and SYN2005, we cannot support this classification. The percentage of these forms in published written texts ('trech' 1.52% and 'ctyrech' merely 0.59%) is far too small to have any importance. This article offers an analysis of occurrences in both corpora, situates the newly accepted forms in the system of Czech declension, and reflects on the mechanisms by which certain forms may become codified. These mechanisms may not always correspond with broadly shared notions and claims.

Keywords

EN

CODIFICATION MECHANISMS; CORPORA OF CONTEMPORARY CZECH; FORMS OF NUMERALS 'TRI' AND 'CTYRI'

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovo a slovesnost: časopis pro otázky teorie a kultury jazyka (Slovo a slovesnost: A journal for the theory of language and language cultivation)
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 117-129
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Chalupova P.

author

Simandl J.

• J. Simandl, Ústav pro jazyk ceský AV CR, v. v. i., Letenská 4, Praha 1, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07CZAAAA03076314