On the impact of the initial phrase length on the position of enclitics in Old Czech
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Language and Text. Data, models, information and applications |
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| Web | https://benjamins.com/catalog/cilt.356.01cec |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cilt.356.01cec |
| Keywords | enclitics; word order; initial phrase; length; Old Czech |
| Description | This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between the length of the initial phrase and the positions of pronominal enclitics in a clause. The hypothesis predicting the negative correlation between the length of the phrase and the proportion of enclitics in the post-initial position was set up and tested. For testing the hypothesis, selected books – Genesis (Gn), Isaiah (Is), Job (Jb), Sirach (Sir), Gospel of St. Matthew (Mt), Gospel of St. Luke (Lk), Acts (Act), and Revelation (Rev) – from the first edition of the Old Czech Bible translation were used. The hypothesis was not rejected; however, some differences among particular pronouns were revealed. |
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