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Obojí, oboje, obé, všechno
The deictic words obojí, oboje, obé and všechno

Author(s): Vojtěch Veselý
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: quantification of textual structure; referential quantification; substantivized numeral; substantivized pronoun

Summary/Abstract: The incongruent deictic words obojí, oboje, obé and všechno are parallel to the congruent forms oba, obojí, oboje, obé and všechen. Whereas in Czech monolingual dictionaries všechno-všechen are interpreted as two units, obojí, oboje (congruent) and obojí, oboje, obé (incongruent) do not have a separate intepretation, but should. In most cases, the quantification expressed by the incongruent forms obojí, oboje, obé - in contrast to obojí, oboje (congruent), všechno, všechen and other words with quantificational function - relates to textual positions, not to the external reality.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 181-193
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech