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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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