<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Next to multiword lexemes, such as idioms, discrete units may be found on a lower, i.e. a morphological level in language. A notable, rather widespread but neglected field is represented by circumfixes. i.e. discrete combinations of morphemes, such as the German <italic><bold>ge</bold>sproch<bold>en</bold></italic> standing before and after a lexical morpheme, a stable combination of a prefix and suffix having a stable and fixed meaning and or function. A few examples in various languages as a general classification of this are briefly shown to indicate that the phenomenon of circumfix is by no means rare. In what follows a detailed analysis of a single Czech case of the circumfix <italic><bold>z--lý</bold></italic> is offered (such as in <italic>zhrublý</italic>, <italic>zesinalý</italic>), relating to verb bases. Here, both the regular and anomalous cases is pointed at and commented briefly upon.</p></abstract>

Next to multiword lexemes, such as idioms, discrete units may be found on a lower, i.e. a morphological level in language. A notable, rather widespread but neglected field is represented by circumfixes. i.e. discrete combinations of morphemes, such as the German gesprochen standing before and after a lexical morpheme, a stable combination of a prefix and suffix having a stable and fixed meaning and or function. A few examples in various languages as a general classification of this are briefly shown to indicate that the phenomenon of circumfix is by no means rare. In what follows a detailed analysis of a single Czech case of the circumfix z--lý is offered (such as in zhrublý, zesinalý), relating to verb bases. Here, both the regular and anomalous cases is pointed at and commented briefly upon.

Discrete Language Units: The Case of a Czech Circumfix

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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Next to multiword lexemes, such as idioms, discrete units may be found on a lower, i.e. a morphological level in language. A notable, rather widespread but...

Discrete Language Units: The Case of a Czech Circumfix

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 273 - 282

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2017-0012

Keywords
dicrete units, circumfix, Czech

© 2016 Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra, SAV, Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Discrete Language Units: The Case of a Czech Circumfix

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 273 - 282

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2017-0012

Keywordsdicrete units, circumfix, Czech

© 2016 Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra, SAV, Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
dicrete units, circumfix, Czech