<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the beginning of the 1950s, using the thematic vowel as a criterion for dividing verbs into conjugation classes became the topic of a major linguistic discussion, since the historical understanding of the vowel was no longer applicable for the compilation of practical handbooks. Proposals presented in the discussion aimed to discover a functionalistic replacement for the concept of the thematic vowel. Despite this radical attitude, partakers of the discussion were not able to avoid the mixing of contemporary and historical perspectives. The discussion on the nature of this segment found itself in a cul‐de‐sac. What is the segment’s function? Does the vowel represent a part of the stem or a part of the suffix? Or is it autonomous? These dilemmas were solved in 1964 when Ján Horecký proposed new principles for morphematic division in Slovak, which upgraded the then‐existing building of – not only – morphematic models to new qualitative levels.</p></abstract>

In the beginning of the 1950s, using the thematic vowel as a criterion for dividing verbs into conjugation classes became the topic of a major linguistic discussion, since the historical understanding of the vowel was no longer applicable for the compilation of practical handbooks. Proposals presented in the discussion aimed to discover a functionalistic replacement for the concept of the thematic vowel. Despite this radical attitude, partakers of the discussion were not able to avoid the mixing of contemporary and historical perspectives. The discussion on the nature of this segment found itself in a cul‐de‐sac. What is the segment’s function? Does the vowel represent a part of the stem or a part of the suffix? Or is it autonomous? These dilemmas were solved in 1964 when Ján Horecký proposed new principles for morphematic division in Slovak, which upgraded the then‐existing building of – not only – morphematic models to new qualitative levels.

Ján Horecký and the dynamics within the models of morphology in the example of the thematic verb vowel

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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In the beginning of the 1950s, using the thematic vowel as a criterion for dividing verbs into conjugation classes became the topic of a major linguistic...

Ján Horecký and the dynamics within the models of morphology in the example of the thematic verb vowel

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 213 - 227

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2020-0023

Keywords
Slovak language, morphematics, conjugation, thematic vowel, thematic submorpheme

© 2020 Alexandra Jarošová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Ján Horecký and the dynamics within the models of morphology in the example of the thematic verb vowel

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 213 - 227

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2020-0023

KeywordsSlovak language, morphematics, conjugation, thematic vowel, thematic submorpheme

© 2020 Alexandra Jarošová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Slovak language, morphematics, conjugation, thematic vowel, thematic submorpheme