Comparison of typologies of Slovak and French from the point of view of Francophone user of Slovak Language Cover Image

Komparácia typológií slovenského francúzskeho jazyka cez prizmu frankofónneho použivateľa slovenčciny
Comparison of typologies of Slovak and French from the point of view of Francophone user of Slovak Language

Author(s): Lucia Ráčková
Subject(s): Comparative Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Comparative Linguistics; Language typology; Indoeuropean languages; analytic languages; flective languages; Slovak; French; Francophone learners of Slovak; structural typology by Skalicka; Prague ling

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to compare the linguistic typology of Slovak and French and to point out, how the fact, that Slovak is a flective language and French is an analytic language influences the Francophone learners of the Slovak language. Slovak and French are not similar languages from the classification point of view. Slovak belongs to the group of Slavic languages, while French belongs to the group of Romanic languages, but both of them are Indoeuropean languages, which are strongly influenced by Latin. Moreover, they have in common some historical and cultural penetrations. We based our analysis on the structural typology by Vladimir Skalicka, which originates from the Prague linguistic school.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 171-190
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Slovak