Univerbization in the Contemporary Czech Vocabulary, especially in the Word-formation Cover Image

Univerbizace v současné slovní zásobě, obzvláště slovotvorbě
Univerbization in the Contemporary Czech Vocabulary, especially in the Word-formation

Author(s): Ivana Kolářová
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Lexis, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Czech language; lexis; morphology; univerbization;
Summary/Abstract: The work focuses to the systematisation of the univerbizates (one-word lexemes that were formed as a results of fuse of collocation in one word) in accordance with their classification by the semantic of the univerbizates and by the way of their formation (word-formation, ellipsis). The centre of the system of univerbizates are derivative that are classified according to their suffixes (-áč, -ák, -ař/-ář, -árna, -as, -ajda, -ec, -ice, -ík/-ník, -ka …) and according to the word-formative structure of their “foundational” words = almost adjectives. The system of the univerbizates is compared to the system of the “primary derivatives” from the point of view of the quantity of suffixes. The systematisation of univerbizates is completed with the comparison of their frequency and frequency of the equivalent collocation and with the stylish value that prove stylish differentiation of the univerbizates.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-80-210-8929-7
  • Page Count: 378
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: Czech
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