K vidové opozici u českých verb dicendi
Aspectual opposition for the Czech verbs of speech
Author(s): Francoise EsvanSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Computational linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: czech language; verbal aspect; verbs of speech
Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author examines the aspectual usage of Czech verba dicendi říkat/říci when they introduce direct speech. According to the common opinion (Kopečný, 1962 – see also Forsyth, 1970 about Russian) there is a high degree o indifference in this type of situation. Data from the Czech National Corpus show on the contrary that aspectual choice is always somehow motivated in a broader context. It seems therefore that indi-fference is a mere illusion created by the observation of artificial or contextless examples.
Journal: Korpus - gramatika - axiologie
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 45-56
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Czech