Valence predikátů z oblasti „HNĚV” v hornolužické srbštině
Valency of the predicates with the meaning “HNĚV” [anger, upset, annoyance, wrath] in the Upper Sorbian

Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates the development of valency of the Upper Sorbian predicates expressing negative emotions. Based on data from the corpus Hotko, the two most frequent and largely synonymous roots -hněw- and -mjerz- are compared with respect to the scale of their meanings. The data suggest that -mjerz- is used more frequently in more recent texts, and that it expresses lower intensity of emotion more often than -hněw-. The meaning of individual predicates in the text can be specified with the help of several valency supplements, which often have a structure paralel to similar words in German or Czech.

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