Is Czech an "ideal" representative of the inflectional type of language? Cover Image

Je čeština „ideálni” reprezentant flexivního typu jazyka?
Is Czech an "ideal" representative of the inflectional type of language?

Author(s): Božena Bednaříková
Subject(s): Morphology, Lexis, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Czech; inflectional type of language; typological construct; word-formational rules;

Summary/Abstract: The paper proceeds from the deductive typology tradition especially from understanding the type of language as a typological construct (prototype). On the basis of the deductive typology premises it attempts to grasp graphically the prototypical structure of an ideal “text word“ of the respective language type. The established prototypes having been transferred to the Czech language are expected to reveal where Czech IS an inflectional language and where it IS NOT. The second part of the contribution after discussing some samples of “violating“ the prototypical word-formational rules focuses on (non)existence of the prototypical onomasiological morphological process, i.e. CONVERSION in Czech.

  • Issue Year: XLV/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 41-50
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech