Gemination and clitic order in Czech : historical development
and theoretical insights

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Gemination and clitic order in Czech : historical development and theoretical insights

BŘEZINA, Martin

Základní údaje

Originální název

Gemination and clitic order in Czech : historical development and theoretical insights

Autoři

BŘEZINA, Martin

Vydání

Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL) 34, 16-18. 5. 2025, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Program konference

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/25:00144332

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

clitics; clitic cluster; syntax; phonology; Optimality Theory; corpus study; Old Czech

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 19. 3. 2026 11:28, Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislav Hasil, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This corpus study investigates the ordering of the second person auxiliary "s" and the reflexive "se", which together form the cluster "se=s", in Czech. This ordering is puzzling, as Czech auxiliaries typically precede the reflexive, not the other way around. Building on Sedláček's (1994) insights, I propose that, rather than syntactic factors, this ordering is more likely influenced by a phonological constraint against geminates such as /ss/ in Present-Day Czech. This constraint was not active in earlier stages of the language, where the cluster was ordered as "s=se". I support this thesis by presenting the identical development in historical geminated /ss/ formed at the boundary between prefixes/prepositions and the following NP/VP (e.g., ssaditi "take down", s synem "with a son"). These geminates were resolved in the 19th century ("ssaditi" > "sesadit", etc.), just like the auxiliary=reflexive cluster ("s=se" --> "ses"). Finally, I offer a tentative formal analysis of this diachronic phenomenon couched in mixed approach, employing a mixed approach that combines the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory (cf. Franks and King, 2000).

Návaznosti

GF23-04856K, projekt VaV

Název: Chování klitik v češtině a slovinštině

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Behavior of clitics in Czech and Slovenian, Lead agentura

Přiložené soubory

FASL_2025_rakwbmqe.pdf Verze souboru

FASL_2025.pdf

Citovat

BŘEZINA, Martin. Gemination and clitic order in Czech : historical development and theoretical insights. In Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL) 34, 16-18. 5. 2025, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. 2025.

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BŘEZINA, Martin. Gemination and clitic order in Czech : historical development and theoretical insights. In \textit{Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL) 34, 16-18. 5. 2025, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA}. 2025.

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