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Selected morphological features in the common speech of the young generation in the border zone of west Bohemia
Nová, Jana
The aim of the paper is to describe a newly developed common speech in an area settled by people from various regions. We present research results from five towns northwest of Pilsen (West Bohemia). The common speech of this region is based on common Czech, with noteworthy occurence of West Bohemian dialectal features, and no strictly defined features of standard Czech. There are supposed certain differences between localities, partly explainable by geographical context. Comparing the two used research methods, in the written questionnaire respondents tended to use standard Czech more frequently, while in the recording of their speech many rare language items or variant forms have not been registered.
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Some Problems of Processing Verbs in Dialect Dictionary
Šipková, Milena
The author aims to emphasize the fact that the dialect lexicographer indispensably needs a broad theoretical lexicological skills for his work, i.e. that he sees (realizes/distinguishes) in phonological, morphological and word-formational morphs and morphems (prefixes, sufixes, endings) and in the syntactic behaviour of verbs important signals (indicators) of possible semantic differences. On the other side, it needs to be stressed that it primarily is the word and its meaning that stays in the centre of lexicographer’s attention, and though phonology, morphology, word-formation and syntax are respectable for him, i.e. he must take them into consideration, they, nevertheless, only play a supportive and stimulating role.
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Prothetic v- in view of quantitative linguistic research
Šimečková, Marta
The paper presents an overview and evaluation of the hitherto linguistic research of the prothetic v- in the Czech language. The main aim of the item is to compare different approaches in quantitative descriptions of this phenomenon in diachronic and synchronic works, to point out the pros and cons of applied methodologies and to suggest possible solutions for future research. Points of view shown in representative publications are presented, attention was paid to the prothetic v- due to its unintegration into the Czech standard phonetic system and to its often occurrence in some territorial dialects and in common (or colloquial) Czech.
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Dialectal dictionary of the South-West Vsetín area
Goláňová, Hana
Characteristics of the East Moravian dialect and survey of dialect dictionaries capturing the Wallachian dialect, further focused on the lexicological analysis of the dialect material from the Dialect Dictionary of the South-West Vsetín Area with respect to the Czech language territory, the Slovak language territory, and the Carpathian language territory.
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The Czech Linguistic Atlas and the Czech language
Kloferová, Stanislava
Czech Linguistic Atlas represents the state of the Czech dialects at the end of the 20th century. Its original conception allows for clear presentation and explanation of the tendencies taking place in our dialects since the Middle Ages. From the areal perspective, it is thus possible to give reasons, for instance, for shifts in the grammatical plane, for specifics of the lexicon, but also for the existence of dialectal transitions which are known as well as not yet known. There is no doubt the Atlas is useful for interdisciplinary studies, particularly for those oriented diachronically (e.g. etymological or onomastic ones). The work is also valuable for the study of present-day Czech – for understanding of normative/codification regulations/rules or for the development and the form of ordinary speech.
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Dialectology and the Dictionary of Moravian and Silesian Anoikonyms
Čižmárová, Libuše
The paper presents the methodology used in the Dictionary of Moravian and Silesian Anoikonyms (minor place names). The origin and word-formational and grammatical characteristics of the names can only be disclosed by knowing the development of the dialect in Moravia and Silesia. The computer program offers a possibility to generate maps enabling comparison with dialect maps contained in the Czech Linguistic Atlas.
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Types of the dialect dictionaries
Šipková, Milena
The author characterizes some possible types of differential dialect dictionaries and draws attention to their advantages and disadvantages. In opposition to these, she places the comprehensive compilation of an extensive dialect material in the form of a dictionary: on the one hand, she points out its problems, difficulties, even risks, on the other hand, its indisputable values.
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The syntactic stylistics of spoken Czech
Hoffmannová, Jana
This paper is stimulated by the ideas of Karel Hausenblas, the work of Olga Müllerová and the research on the syntax of Czech dialects (J. Balhar, J. Chloupek, M. Šipková and others). It presents a catalogue of phenomena and means of expression which mark the syntax of spoken Czech and devotes attention above all to: a) special syntactic constructions b) the varying formation of transitions between syntactic units in spoken expression (sharply structured transitions) and in written expression (softer, less apparent transitions, couched or “stuck” with numerous redundant means with non-definite semantics); that is, differences in the degree and type of cohesion, connection, or glutination between written and spoken expression c) differences between condensed, constricted written syntax and the relaxed structure of syntactic units in spoken Czech (with the prevalence of parataxis and juxtaposition). The paper views the syntactic differences between written and spoken expression as stylistic differences. It is based on data from various corpora of spoken Czech (including the Prague Dependency Treebank of Spoken Czech) and on the comparison of written and spoken narrative by the same speaker/author.
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Onymic and Dialect Area: Parallelism or Identity
Kloferová, Stanislava
A space projection of the dialect material of proper and non-proper names makes it possible that relations between both planes of the lexicon are more deeply understood, i.e. between the plane of proper names and that of non-proper names (i.e. appellatives). A dialect border is a transition formed on the basis of differences in non-proper names, as the Czech Linguistic Atlas shows. If such a transition is represented by a bundle of isoglosses separating linguistic phenomena of various language planes, we are dealing with a higher-order border. Such a border can also be useful for the interpretation of phenomena in proper names, e.g. from the area of toponymy (in particular, anoikonymy), as the work on Dictionary of Moravian and Silesian Anoikonyms indicates.
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Towards the Semantic Processing of Lexis in Dialect Dictionaries
Goláňová, Hana
The issues of the onomasiological method of treating the dialectical lexis are illustrated in the article on terminological (ideographic) glossaries and subject dialectical dictionaries. The possibilities and shortcomings of the given method of treating the dialectical lexis are dealt with here in more detail. The advantage is that various sociolinguistic connections can arise from a subject-arranged lexis. On selected subgroups of a terminological glossary (this will be part of the dissertation, Dialectical Dictionary of the Southwest of the Vsetín District /Nářeční slovník jihozápadního Vsetínska/), I have therefore attempted to demonstrate on the confrontation of the dialectical lexis between the members of the oldest and youngest generations.
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