Life and posture of the infinitive verbal in Albanian language. Excursus between linguistic facts and cultural domains Cover Image

Jeta dhe pozicioni i paskajores në gjuhën shqipe. Shtegtimi mes fakteve gjuhësore dhe domeneve kulturore
Life and posture of the infinitive verbal in Albanian language. Excursus between linguistic facts and cultural domains

Author(s): Ledi Shamku - Shkreli
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Philology
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: infinitive; reduction;

Summary/Abstract: From a typological point of view, Albanian language is part of the Balkan Language League and this is already a known fact, at least by the Romanian linguist Alexandru Rosetti, who determined that the common linguistic features in grammar, syntax, lexic and phonology give the languages Balkans a special status of "League". One of the common characteristics of the languages involved here is the reduction (or disappearance) of the infinitive verbal. When referring to Albania, the international scientific sources cite the absence of the descendants, expressing the following: complete disappearance in the Tosk dialect and its reduction in that gag. The same sources suggest that the main factor in the collapse or disappearance seems to be the influence of Greek as a high cultural prestige language in the area, also the frank language of the Orthodox liturgy - the dominant religion of the communities that formed the Balkan League again.For our own, these considerations are fair, they may prove inadequate if compared to recent studies on the distribution and factual power of the Albanian language.The publication of the Dialectological Atlas of Albanian Language, a detailed description of the subdivision grammar systems in the Albanian speaking areas, the latest studies of urban dialectology together with sociolinguistic studies that take into account the Albanian and Usus sub-standard, the philological publications of many manuscripts old Arbëresh but also statistical studies on the current state of Arbëresh's speeches have enabled the look of another scenario, much more detailed and concrete about the dynamics and position of the Albanian language in the Albanian language.At this stage, we believe that the description of the Albanian language as the central language of the Balkan Language League raises some questions:1. A less uniform scenario, does it lead to the theory of multiples fonts, which is based on the hypothesis that not all Balkanisms originate from the same source? In these statements, rather than the internal (lingual) elements of the system, is it appropriate to examine in parallel the external elements as well as the cultural and religious influences?2. Being Arbëresh in itself a "fractal" of the Tosk dialect, what does the presence of the infinitive mean to it? Does this presence require the diachronic re-examination of the Greek influence itself? Which Greek, how, when, where and on what language community?3. A more detailed view of the post-Albanian position in the Albanian language would then influence the "Balkanization Index" sketched by Jouko Lindstedt, who gives each Balkan language a particular location on the link, depending on the number of the common features that these languages share?These questions and other issues related to them will also be the focus of our essay.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 87 - 94
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Albanian
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