We are going to Czech: a replacing 
of names of terms of the local genitive Cover Image

Jedem do Čechách: k nahrazování jmenných koncovek genitivu lokálem
We are going to Czech: a replacing of names of terms of the local genitive

Author(s): Milan Hrdlička
Subject(s): Language studies, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: language contact; foreign forms of Czech; declension; genitive; locative; dialects

Summary/Abstract: The form of Czech in a foreign language environment depends on numerous linguistic as well as non-linguistic factors. A common aspect of foreign forms of Czech is its convergence to the local dominant language. Three basic results of language contact are: adoption, reduction and atrophic changes. Foreign forms of Czech are often characterized by quite prevalent replacing of nominal genitive ending with locative, especially in plural. This phenomenon is rooted in dialects; the cause could also be the low acoustic distinctiveness of the genitive ending which is replaced with the phonetically more distinct locative ending.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 182-188
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech
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