Expressivität in der Sprache der Märchen im Deutschen und im Tschechischen
Expressivity in the language of fairy tales in German and Czech

Author(s): Anna Mikulová
Contributor(s): Jana Chamonikolasová (Editor), Libor Jan (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Short Story, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Comparative Study of Literature, Czech Literature, German Literature, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Expressivity; fairy tales; German; Czech; emotionality; phonology; morphology; syntax; lexis; translation;
Summary/Abstract: The monograph deals with the issues of expressivity (emotionality) in language. It starts with a theoretical chapter about the development and characteristics of fairy tales, fairy tales of German and Czech provenance are then analysed and compared. The author categorizes language expressivity at different language levels: phonetic, morphologic and word formation, syntactic and lexical, as well as those relating to text-linguistic, pragmatic and stylistic aspects of the utterance. The book also discusses translation problems, i.e. comparison of the original and the translation. The monograph analyses selected fairy tales by brothers Grimm, Clemens von Brentano, Michael Ende, Karel Jaromír Erben, Božena Němcová and Karel Čapek and presents examples of expressivity at several language levels.

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