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Czech reflexive agent demotion in diachronic perspective
Pergler, Jiří ; Friedová, Mirjam (advisor) ; Berger, Tilman (referee) ; Zikánová, Šárka (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the Czech reflexive agent-demoting construction in a diachronic perspective, i.e., a construction traditionally called reflexive passive (or reflexive impersonal) in which the verb occurs in the reflexive form and the agent is demoted from the subject position. The thesis consists of two parts: theoretical and analytical. The aim of the theoretical part is to incorporate the existing knowledge about the Czech construction in question into the context of both the international literature on the issues of reflexivity or agent demotion and the theoretical linguistic literature in general. In Chapter II.2, I discuss some basic theoretical concepts (especially from the grammaticalization theory), showing how they can be applied to the area of Czech reflexivity and reflexive agent- demoting construction. In Chapter II.3, I deal with the issue of reflexivity: different approaches to the Czech reflexive marker se are compared and thereafter some comprehensive typological descriptions are summarized which allow us to demonstrate to what extent the situation in Czech corresponds to the functional distribution of reflexivity in a cross-linguistic perspective. Chapter II.4 addresses the question of agent demotion: different Czech constructions with the function of agent defocusing...
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Coreferential chains with non-specific and generic reference in Czech
Pergler, Jiří ; Lehečková, Eva (advisor) ; Zikánová, Šárka (referee)
The thesis dwells on the coreference relations in the text and their classification based on the reference types. In Chapter 2, I quote the main principles of the annotation of the textual coreference in the Prague Dependency Treebank, focusing especially on the division of the types of the coreferential relations, the type 0 and the type NR. In Chapter 3, I point out some problems connected with this division, which result particularly from the too broad definition of the type NR. In Chapters 4 and 5, I introduce some of the important literature in the field of reference and genericity. In Chapter 6, I propose my own typology of the referential relations which consists of four types based on the criterion of genericity (individual and generic reference) and the criterion of specificity (specific and non-specific reference). I also deal with the possibility of the referential expressions to participate in the coreferential relations and demonstrate that the proposed scheme is more suitable for the description of some complicated phenomena than the scheme employed in the Prague Dependency Treebank. In Chapter 7, I show how the proposed scheme can be used by the analysis of the coreferential relations in several texts.
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Distribution and functions of the reflexive morpheme sě in Old Czech
Pergler, Jiří ; Friedová, Mirjam (advisor) ; Lehečková, Eva (referee)
The thesis deals with the functions of the reflexive form sě in Old Czech. In Chapter 2, existing literature about the Old Czech sě is reviewed, in Chapter 3, I describe the method of my research, comment on the data used for the analysis and present the functions of sě that have been identified. In Chapters 4, 5 and 6 (the key part of the thesis), I describe three functions of the reflexive form, i.e., three types of constructions containing the form sě: accusative form of the reflexive pronoun, spontaneity and agent demotion. I focus on the most important syntactic and semantic characteristics of the constructions, then I analyse especially the animacy of the syntactic subject and the verbal aspect; both these criteria proved to be relevant for the constructions in question. The functions I describe are prototypes, therefore they have no clear boundaries. Hence, I also point out the ambiguous cases whose classification is not clear. In Chapter 7, I compare and contrast the three functions and show the most important differences between the use of the reflexive form in Old Czech and in Modern Czech.
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Distribution and functions of the reflexive morpheme sě in Old Czech
Pergler, Jiří ; Friedová, Mirjam (advisor)
The thesis deals with the functions of the reflexive form sě in Old Czech. In Chapter 2, existing literature about the Old Czech sě is reviewed, in Chapter 3, I describe the method of my research, comment on the data used for the analysis and present the functions of sě that have been identified. In Chapters 4, 5 and 6 (the key part of the thesis), I describe three functions of the reflexive form, i.e., three types of constructions containing the form sě: accusative form of the reflexive pronoun, spontaneity and agent demotion. I focus on the most important syntactic and semantic characteristics of the constructions, then I analyse especially the animacy of the syntactic subject and the verbal aspect; both these criteria proved to be relevant for the constructions in question. The functions I describe are prototypes, therefore they have no clear boundaries. Hence, I also point out the ambiguous cases whose classification is not clear. In Chapter 7, I compare and contrast the three functions and show the most important differences between the use of the reflexive form in Old Czech and in Modern Czech.
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Distribution and functions of the reflexive morpheme sě in Old Czech
Pergler, Jiří ; Friedová, Mirjam (advisor)
The thesis deals with the functions of the reflexive form sě in Old Czech. In Chapter 2, existing literature about the Old Czech sě is reviewed, in Chapter 3, I describe the method of my research, comment on the data used for the analysis and present the functions of sě that have been identified. In Chapters 4, 5 and 6 (the key part of the thesis), I describe three functions of the reflexive form, i.e., three types of constructions containing the form sě: accusative form of the reflexive pronoun, spontaneity and agent demotion. I focus on the most important syntactic and semantic characteristics of the constructions, then I analyse especially the animacy of the syntactic subject and the verbal aspect; both these criteria proved to be relevant for the constructions in question. The functions I describe are prototypes, therefore they have no clear boundaries. Hence, I also point out the ambiguous cases whose classification is not clear. In Chapter 7, I compare and contrast the three functions and show the most important differences between the use of the reflexive form in Old Czech and in Modern Czech.
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Distribution and functions of the reflexive morpheme sě in Old Czech
Pergler, Jiří ; Friedová, Mirjam (advisor) ; Lehečková, Eva (referee)
The thesis deals with the functions of the reflexive form sě in Old Czech. In Chapter 2, existing literature about the Old Czech sě is reviewed, in Chapter 3, I describe the method of my research, comment on the data used for the analysis and present the functions of sě that have been identified. In Chapters 4, 5 and 6 (the key part of the thesis), I describe three functions of the reflexive form, i.e., three types of constructions containing the form sě: accusative form of the reflexive pronoun, spontaneity and agent demotion. I focus on the most important syntactic and semantic characteristics of the constructions, then I analyse especially the animacy of the syntactic subject and the verbal aspect; both these criteria proved to be relevant for the constructions in question. The functions I describe are prototypes, therefore they have no clear boundaries. Hence, I also point out the ambiguous cases whose classification is not clear. In Chapter 7, I compare and contrast the three functions and show the most important differences between the use of the reflexive form in Old Czech and in Modern Czech.
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Coreferential chains with non-specific and generic reference in Czech
Pergler, Jiří ; Lehečková, Eva (advisor) ; Zikánová, Šárka (referee)
The thesis dwells on the coreference relations in the text and their classification based on the reference types. In Chapter 2, I quote the main principles of the annotation of the textual coreference in the Prague Dependency Treebank, focusing especially on the division of the types of the coreferential relations, the type 0 and the type NR. In Chapter 3, I point out some problems connected with this division, which result particularly from the too broad definition of the type NR. In Chapters 4 and 5, I introduce some of the important literature in the field of reference and genericity. In Chapter 6, I propose my own typology of the referential relations which consists of four types based on the criterion of genericity (individual and generic reference) and the criterion of specificity (specific and non-specific reference). I also deal with the possibility of the referential expressions to participate in the coreferential relations and demonstrate that the proposed scheme is more suitable for the description of some complicated phenomena than the scheme employed in the Prague Dependency Treebank. In Chapter 7, I show how the proposed scheme can be used by the analysis of the coreferential relations in several texts.
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