KE ZRODU ČESKÉ MODÁLNÍ ČÁSTICE JESTLI Z POHLEDU GRAMATIKALIZAČNÍ TEORIE
THE ORIGINATION OF A CZECH MODAL PARTICLE JESTLI WITH A VIEW TO GRAMMATICALIZATION THEORY
Author(s): Mirjam FriedSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Summary/Abstract: The article reconstructs the diachronic relations between three functional variants of the function word jestli ‘if/whether’ in spoken Czech. The main point of the empirically grounded analysis is to show the crucial role of context in establishing the emergence of new grammatical patterns.
Journal: Bohemica Olomucensia
- Issue Year: 2/2010
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 52-65
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Czech