Togfjalëshat e qëndrueshëm si mënyrë për formimin e emrave në gjuhën shqipe
Fixed word groups as a way for the formation of nouns in Albanian

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the use of phrases such as nominative singular indefinite noun + ablative indefinite noun (e.g farë kosi, syze dielli, gjel deti) since early on to modem and concludes that a substantial (considerable) part of these word groups or phrases are frozen and mark a single item or concept. Moreover, she convinces the reader that not derivation and composition, but frozen phrases are the main tool of enrichment of the noun category of modem day Albanian. A good part of these formations appears already in the form of a composite, as a result of a prolonged use of its parts near each other as agglutinates that later on converted to a composite model. But this process is not always possible, since it gets impeded by different morphological factors. The author defines the main criteria that distinguish fixed/frozen word groups of this type from those of the same type, but which are not fixed. An important morphological feature of these word groups is this: in the definite form, the second element is set in the genitive case and the word group is transformed as follows: nominative singular definite noun + genitive definite noun. This is because ablative definite case does not exist in Albanian. Apparently, this is why uncertainties exist regarding the status of these word groups and their role in the formation of new nouns in the Albanian. This is also the reason why many errors have been observed in their usage in written and spoken language.

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