In Czech the vocative case is still obligatory and the set of vocative endings is best preserved amongst Slavic languages. However, in spoken Czech the following irregularities in the usage of the vocative can be observed: a) substitution of the nominative for the vocative on the second part of masculine addressative expressions such as ‘pan + surname’; b) substitution of the nominative for the vocative with single names; c) “new” vocative forms created by dropping final vowels on female first names. The article reports the results of a study on such irregular forms that has been carried out through a questionnaire, and aims to investigate their acceptability as well as to ascertain how they are perceived by native speakers especially with reference to their pragmatic values.
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Chapter Title
Forme non normative di vocativo in ceco. Accettabilità e valori stilistico-pragmatici
Authors
Andrea Trovesi
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0216-9.09
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Publication Year
2023
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Book Title
Studi contrastivi di linguistica slava: grammatica e pragmatica
Editors
Rosanna Benacchio, Lucyna Gebert
Authors
Andrea Trovesi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
204
Publication Year
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0216-9
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0215-2
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0216-9
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679