Word order of the preterite auxiliary in the Old Czech translation of the Book of Psalms

BŘEZINA, Martin. Word order of the preterite auxiliary in the Old Czech translation of the Book of Psalms. Clavibus unitis. 2023, vol. 12, No 2, p. 23-32. ISSN 1803-7747.

Basic information

• Original name: Word order of the preterite auxiliary in the Old Czech translation of the Book of Psalms
• Name in Czech: Slovosled auxiliáru préterita ve staročeském překladu žaltáře
• Authors: BŘEZINA, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Clavibus unitis, 2023, 1803-7747.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60203 Linguistics
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/23:00133501
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): stará čeština; klitika; slovosled; postiniciální pozice; žaltář; vliv latiny
• Keywords in English: Old Czech; clitics; word order; second position; Psalter; Latin influence

Abstract

This paper presents the word order analysis of the pre- sent tense forms of the Old Czech verb býti (‘to be’), also known as the preterite auxiliary, in Žaltář wittenberský (Wittenberg Psalter). The results reveal that there is a variation in the preterite auxiliary’s position within the clause; particularly, the auxiliary frequents in the second position in the clause, similar to Contemporary Czech. However, in a significant amount of cases, it also appears further in the clause, mostly following the past participle. The variation is attributed to several factors identified here, namely the influence of the Latin source text, as well as the length of the initial phrase (prosodic effect).

Links

• MUNI/A/1249/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Lexikon a gramatika češtiny III - 2023

Investor: Masaryk University