THE ORIGINATION OF A CZECH MODAL PARTICLE JESTLI WITH A VIEW TO GRAMMATICALIZATION THEORY  Cover Image

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 Fried
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 2/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 52-65
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech
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