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Stupňovací spojovací prostředky v barokní češtině
| Title in English | Intensifying/ Gradational Conjuctions in the Czech Language of the Baroque Period |
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Listy filologické |
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| Keywords | Baroque Czech, development of the Czech language, intensifying/ gradational conjunction, |
| Description | Analysing selected several baroque texts (mostly from the sphere of fiction), grammar books and dictionaries, I have come to the conclusion that in Baroque Czech some expressions are usually considered intensifying/gradational by the traditional Czech syntactic theories. I/ Conjunctions: 1. simple (ie consisting of only one part; “jednodílné”) ano, ba; anobrž, nýbrž (rarely having the intensifying meaning, mostly adversative); 2. partioned (ie pair of conjunctions which work together to coordinate two items ”různovětné”): netoliko/ nejen(om)/ nercili/ neřkuli(c) – ale/ nýbrž/ anobrž/ alebrž/ než/ ano/ ani (similarly to the Latin pattern non solum/ non tantum/ non modo – sed etiam/ verum etiamthe Czech structure is lexically variable). II/ Modifiers (usually following the conjunctions): 1. adverbial expressions nad to/ nadto, k tomu; 2. expressions containing the feature of quantity/intensity: více/ víceji, spíše, mnohém; 3. Emphasizing particles: i, ani, také, ještě. In Baroque Czech the conjunction natož and the modifier navíc are not used at all. The expression dokonce in most cases keeps its original quantitative/ totalising meaning. Analysing the Baroque Czech conjunctions, I have noticed that with regard to their meaning this intensifying expressions group does not share any common specific intensifying feature with one another, ie they do not form a homogeneous group in this respect. In my analysis I have also found out that in the medieval period the influence of the German syntax on the Czech syntax has increased: 1/ The German affirmative ja that changed into an intensifying conjunction also influenced the Czech affirmative ano, ba, which become an intensifying conjunction as well. 2/ Similarly, the German nicht allein – sondern inspired the expansion of the Czech conjunction nýbrž into netoliko/ nejen(om) – nýbrž. |