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Adjectives formed from the infinitive/past verb stem by the suffix -c(í) in Old Czech and Middle Czech
Fuková, Irena ; Adam, Robert (advisor) ; Osolsobě, Klára (referee) ; Komárek, Karel (referee)
Mgr. Irena Fuková Adjektiva tvořená od infinitivního/minulého slovesného kmene příponou -c(í) v češtině staré a v češtině doby střední Adjectives formed from the infinitive/past verb stem by the suffix -c(í) in Old Czech and Middle Czech Abstract The thesis is devoted to the analysis of adjectives formed from the infinitive/past verb stem by the suffix -c(í) in Old Czech and Middle Czech. It describes the development of this word-forming subsystem in the period under study. It focuses mainly on the meanings of its units, the representation of individual word-formation categories, the question of the degree of its meaning distinction, especially in comparison with participial adjectives, and the determination of the time of its origin. Adjectives derived from the infinitive/past verb stem with the suffix -c(í) can be identified only partially on the basis of their form in Old Czech sources, since due to ambiguous writing and ongoing spelling changes they merge in some cases with participial adjectives or adjectives ending in - č(í). Therefore, the aim of this thesis is also to reconstruct the supposed system of adjectives derived by the suffix -c(í) in the Old Czech and Middle Czech period. The fact of partial formal ambiguity of the type of adjectives under study implies a basic procedure for the analysis...
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The development and variation of selected prepositional phrases in contemporary Czech
Prokšová, Hana ; Adam, Robert (advisor) ; Panevová, Jarmila (referee) ; Osolsobě, Klára (referee)
This doctoral dissertation is concerned with the dynamic processes that are at play in the development of the system of prepositions in contemporary Czech. In the first part, I review different treatments of prepositions as a word class in the Czech linguistic tradition. I use available descriptive accounts to discuss the features of two main subtypes of this category, i.e. primary and secondary prepositions, focusing in particular on the process of 'prepositionalization' of secondary prepositions, i.e. the grammaticalization path that leads to their emergence. The primary focus of the first part of the dissertation is the role of meaning and the semantic features of prepositions as function words, as well as the meaning which prepositions contribute to more complex linguistic items, i.e. the interrelation of prepositions and case marking and valency patterns derived from verbs. I also draw attention to prefixed words which are, in the majority of cases, derived from primary prepositions. I approach meaning mainly from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, employing also the view of construction grammar which treats prepositions both as constructions in their own right and as parts of higher order constructions. Chapter three is concerned with the processes of language change with regards to...
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Analysing Early Middle English online: Construction and Use of a LAEME Based Spelling Database
Vaňková, Marie ; Tichý, Ondřej (advisor) ; Osolsobě, Klára (referee) ; Berg, Kristian (referee)
The present thesis deals with the construction and testing of a web-based tool for analysis of Early Middle English texts, created from the data available in the Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English (LAEME). The introductory theoretical overview of research into Middle English texts focuses on dialectology and the relation between spoken & written language and it serves as a springboard for the development of the tool. The thesis further presents a detailed explanation of the methodology behind the tool. It describes the structure of the database containing the transformed data from LAEME and then it moves on to the semi-automatic data processing and types of output data. This processing consists mainly in the segmentation of LAEME spelling variants into smaller units and in determining which segments in a group of variants correspond to one another. The thesis also describes the individual functions available within the tool and tests their use on short sample analyses. Although more extensive testing and modifications of the tool are required, it has so far revealed no crucial errors and the tool can be described as useable. The project succeeded in opening new possibilities of faster access to LAEME data. Furthermore, the tool is prepared for future upgrades, including the addition of data...
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The development and variation of selected prepositional phrases in contemporary Czech
Prokšová, Hana ; Adam, Robert (advisor) ; Panevová, Jarmila (referee) ; Osolsobě, Klára (referee)
This doctoral dissertation is concerned with the dynamic processes that are at play in the development of the system of prepositions in contemporary Czech. In the first part, I review different treatments of prepositions as a word class in the Czech linguistic tradition. I use available descriptive accounts to discuss the features of two main subtypes of this category, i.e. primary and secondary prepositions, focusing in particular on the process of 'prepositionalization' of secondary prepositions, i.e. the grammaticalization path that leads to their emergence. The primary focus of the first part of the dissertation is the role of meaning and the semantic features of prepositions as function words, as well as the meaning which prepositions contribute to more complex linguistic items, i.e. the interrelation of prepositions and case marking and valency patterns derived from verbs. I also draw attention to prefixed words which are, in the majority of cases, derived from primary prepositions. I approach meaning mainly from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, employing also the view of construction grammar which treats prepositions both as constructions in their own right and as parts of higher order constructions. Chapter three is concerned with the processes of language change with regards to...
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Formalization of the Czech morphology system with respect to automatic processing of Czech texts
Hlaváčová, Jaroslava ; Petkevič, Vladimír (advisor) ; Oliva, Karel (referee) ; Osolsobě, Klára (referee)
Detailed morphological description of word forms represents one of the most important conditions of a successful automatic processing of linguistic data. The system of categories and their values which are used for the description are the subject of the rst part of the thesis. The basic principle, so-called Golden rule of morphology, states that every word form has to be described by the system unambiguously. The existence of variants of word forms and whole paradigms, however, complicates the accomplishment of this rule.We introduce so called mutations as an extension of the variants to be able to include other sets of word forms with the same description (for instance multiple word forms of Czech personal pronouns). We divide mutations into two parts global ones describing all word forms of a paradigm, and in ectional ones for the description on the word form level. This division enables us to express their various combinations. We do not use features of style for the mutation division, for they are subjective. With a consistent use of the categories called In ectional Mutation and Global Mutation, the Golden rule of morphology will always be valid. The concept of multiple lemma is introduced in a chapter dealing with lemmatization. It describes lemma variants. We give a detailed description of so-called...
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