Series | Studi e ricerche
Edited book | Studi di linguistica slava
Chapter | Concorrenza e/o alternanza di ‘vocativo: nominativo’ nei termini volgari in serbo(croato), polacco e bulgaro. Un’analisi qualitativa.

Concorrenza e/o alternanza di ‘vocativo: nominativo’ nei termini volgari in serbo(croato), polacco e bulgaro. Un’analisi qualitativa.

Abstract

In those Slavic languages where the vocative inflectional case endings are used inconsistently, a statistically increased occurrence of vocative’s endings can be observed with nouns having a diminutive or hypocoristic semantics. Assuming that is the ‘affective charge’ of some specific nouns which enhances the probability of vocative case forms, the present paper has two aims: 1. to verify empirically in three Slavic languages (Serbian, Polish, Bulgarian) whether the vocative case is better preserved with nouns having a derogatory semantics (insults and bad words), 2. to establish which are the rules governing their use.


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Submitted: May 8, 2019 | Accepted: Oct. 21, 2019 | Published Dec. 18, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords Nominative caseSlavic languages (Serbian, Polish, Bulgarian)Vocative caseDerogatory wordsCompeting inflectional case endings


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