The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in
historical Czech

J 2025

The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in historical Czech

ZIKOVÁ, Markéta; Martin BŘEZINA; Radek ČECH and Pavel KOSEK

Basic information

Original name

The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in historical Czech

Authors

ZIKOVÁ, Markéta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution); Martin BŘEZINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Radek ČECH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Pavel KOSEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS, UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, 2025, 2397-1835

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

plný text

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.900 in 2023

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.16524

UT WoS

001499015000001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105005300772

Keywords in English

syllabic consonants; syllable markedness; historical resyllabification; edge effects; syllable based poetry; Czech; syllable theory; licensing hierarchy

Abstract

V originále

This paper analyzes the process of resyllabification in historical Czech. We argue that the diachronic shift from non-syllabic liquids to syllabic consonants reflects a broader cross-linguistic pattern of phonological change, characterized by a move away from marked structures. Resyllabification is examined in verse texts from the 14th to the 16th centuries that adhere to a regular octosyllabic rhythm. Our corpus-based research reveals that this process is influenced by morphological structure, with word-medial liquids becoming syllabic before those in word-final and morpheme-final positions. We explain this two-step change as a shift along the licensing hierarchy, from more marked to less marked licensors.

Links

GA23-04719S, research and development project

Name: Vývoj slabičných sonor v češtině

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Development of Syllabic Sonorants in Czech

Cite

ZIKOVÁ, Markéta; Martin BŘEZINA; Radek ČECH and Pavel KOSEK. The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in historical Czech. GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS. UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, 2025, vol. 10, No 1, p. 1-24. ISSN 2397-1835. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.16524.

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ZIKOVÁ, Markéta; Martin BŘEZINA; Radek ČECH and Pavel KOSEK. The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in historical Czech. \textit{GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS}. UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, 2025, vol.~10, No~1, p.~1-24. ISSN~2397-1835. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.16524.

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