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A comparison of progressive forms in English and Albanian
Borshi, Orkida ; Klégr, Aleš (advisor) ; Malá, Markéta (referee)
On a very general level we can say that the results of the Project Research support the claims made by the authors of the surveyed literature in the Theoretical Overview, i.e., that the progressive forms in Albanian really exist. However, our research has qualified the observations on Albanian progressive constructions in the literature in one important respect: it has, perhaps surprisingly, shown that the po-constructions (in spite of their restriction to the present and imperfect) rather than the jam + duke forms are by far the more common of these two formal means of expressing progressiveness in Albanian. The prevalence of the po-constructions over the duke ones is surprising because the present/imperfect tense restrictions of the po-constructions are not the only ones. Other tenses are not allowed to combine with the po-constructions for diverse reasons (the preterite because of its terminative nature, the future tense because of the particles do te and the impossibility of po to combine with other particles before the verb). Another limitation that appeared in both parts ofthis study is the impossibility of the progressive po particle to accompany verbs denoting repetition or habit. If we were to speculate on the reasons for the prevalence of the po-constructions over the duke ones, we suppose that it...
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Onomatopoiec Words in Albanian
Křížková, Anna ; Backus Borshi, Orkida (advisor) ; Otčenášek, Jaroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with onomatopoeia in Albanian. The theoretical part is devoted to a thorough explanation of the concept of onomatopoeia and individual areas in which onomatopoeia can be encountered both in spoken and written form. Due to the lack of materials on Albanian onomatopoeia, we worked mainly with Czech or foreign materials, whose theories can be applied across languages. We also deal with a chapter on music, which we consider to be one of the most crucial areas of onomatopoeia and which explained us many facts. The aim of the bachelor's thesis was to create a sample of a hundred words of sound-painting character in Albanian, which we subsequently analyzed in the practical part. Our sample is also supplemented by Czech equivalents, which may not always be sound-painting. But it was crucial for us to find sound-painting words in Albanian. We approached the selection of words in our sample of words by the method of random selection from the Czech-Albanian dictionary, but also from the Albanian explanatory dictionary, which served as a replacement for the non-existent Albanian corpus. At the beginning of our work, we hypothesized that we will probably find the most onomatopoeic words in the group of interjections, which we then refuted in the practical part, and we consider this...
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Definite Nouns in the novel The General of the Dead Army by Ismail Kadare
Mrnuštíková, Jitka ; Backus Borshi, Orkida (advisor) ; Nanci, Giovanna (referee)
Definite nouns are one of the most important category in the expression of definiteness in Albanian. The phenomenon of definiteness of nouns is one of the key elements in Albanian grammar, however so far it has not been comprehensively analyzed in the Albanian sources. The core of this thesis is based on a practical analysis of definite nouns in a concrete language material, the novel General of the Dead Army by Ismail Kadare. Keywords: Albanian, noun, definiteness, definite article, postpositive article, Kadare
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The Description of Woman via the Use of Linguistic Means in Leka Dukagjini's Kanun
Nushi, Leonora ; Backus Borshi, Orkida (advisor) ; Nanci, Giovanna (referee)
The Kanun of Leka Dukagjini originated in the Northern parts of today's Albania, namely in the villages of Pulat, Puka, Mirdita, Lura and Luma, nowadays the area is known under the unified name of Dukagjin / i. It is written in the Gheg dialect, which is the biggest Northern dialect of the Albanian language. With regard to the non-existent translation of the examined text in the Czech language, an essential part of the work will consist of the translation of selected passages from the Kanun of L. Dukagjini, which in the original text mention the word "woman" in any form. The very core of the study will focus on a linguistic analysis and its subsequent description of all the terms "woman", specifically from a lexical point of view.
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Formal Expression of Definiteness in Albanian: A Description Based on Comparison with English
Backus Borshi, Orkida ; Klégr, Aleš (advisor) ; Šaldová, Pavlína (referee) ; Elšík, Viktor (referee)
This thesis describes the means of expressing the category of definiteness in Albanian. Inasmuch as this category has not been comprehensively analyzed in this language so far, the starting point of the thesis is the description of this category in English which, by contrast, has been subject to a detailed analysis by many authors from different aspects both theoretical and practical. Keywords: Albanian, English, definite article, definite form, reference, contrastive description
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A comparison of progressive forms in English and Albanian
Borshi, Orkida ; Malá, Markéta (referee) ; Klégr, Aleš (advisor)
On a very general level we can say that the results of the Project Research support the claims made by the authors of the surveyed literature in the Theoretical Overview, i.e., that the progressive forms in Albanian really exist. However, our research has qualified the observations on Albanian progressive constructions in the literature in one important respect: it has, perhaps surprisingly, shown that the po-constructions (in spite of their restriction to the present and imperfect) rather than the jam + duke forms are by far the more common of these two formal means of expressing progressiveness in Albanian. The prevalence of the po-constructions over the duke ones is surprising because the present/imperfect tense restrictions of the po-constructions are not the only ones. Other tenses are not allowed to combine with the po-constructions for diverse reasons (the preterite because of its terminative nature, the future tense because of the particles do te and the impossibility of po to combine with other particles before the verb). Another limitation that appeared in both parts ofthis study is the impossibility of the progressive po particle to accompany verbs denoting repetition or habit. If we were to speculate on the reasons for the prevalence of the po-constructions over the duke ones, we suppose that it...
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