J 2023

The Distribution of (Non-)Syllabic Present Tense Forms of the Verb býti in the Second-Person Singular in Old Czech

BŘEZINA, Martin

Basic information

Original name

The Distribution of (Non-)Syllabic Present Tense Forms of the Verb býti in the Second-Person Singular in Old Czech

Authors

BŘEZINA, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Listy filologické, 2023, 0024-4457

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.000 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00131837

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

UT WoS

001124167300004

Keywords (in Czech)

afix; klitikon; klitická skupina; gramatikalizace; stará čeština; prézentní formy slovesa býti

Keywords in English

affix; clitic; clitic cluster; grammaticalization; Old Czech; present tense be

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Reviewed
Změněno: 26/6/2024 14:44, Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislav Hasil

Abstract

V originále

The article follows previous works investigating Old Czech (en)clitics based on empirical language data. It focuses specifically on the 2sg present tense forms of býti “to be”, bearing lexical and grammatical functions in terms of their distribution in Old Czech texts from fourteenth and fifteenth century prose. The results confirm previous observations, that is, the enclitichood of the present tense “be” in the grammatical function. The study also demonstrates that the formal factor needs to be accounted for. Within the non-syllabic form of s, the form outplays the function as both grammatical and lexical verbs/auxiliaries are enclit- ic. Within the syllabic form of (j)si, however, only the grammatical aux- iliary is enclitic, whereas lexical (j)si is attested to in non-clitic contexts several times. The latter can thus be perceived as a non- or semi-clitic. Interestingly, none of the forms manifest affixal behaviour in Old Czech which contrasts with the contemporary Czech situation where non-syllabic s behaves, at least in some cases, as an affix.

Links

EF19_073/0016943, research and development project
Name: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity
MUNI/IGA/1134/2021, interní kód MU
Name: Truncated “s” and “j” in Old Czech
Investor: Masaryk University