35.965, Disc: Non-inflection or Group Inflection in Czech

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Subject: 35.965, Disc: Non-inflection or Group Inflection in Czech

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Date: 16-Mar-2024
From: Alex Manaster Ramer [manasterramer at gmail.com]
Subject: Non-inflection or Group Inflection in Czech


Some types of group inflection in Czech (and closely related
languages) are often discussed, e.g., vocative Pane 'Mr.' followed by
an uninflected (as opposed vocative) name, e.g., Pane Novák alongside
Pane Nováku (in the second, the name IS in the vocative).  This seems
to be the norm for many foreign names, e.g., my name never gets
inflected when Czech speakers write to me.  What I have NOT found any
discussion of (but there may well be some) is what looks to me like
the same phenomenon in the genitive with foreign names ending in -a.
So f.ex. svatého Sâva 'St. Sava' (genitive), where the normative
svatého Sávy also occurs and in fact more often in writing as far as I
can see via Google.  I have no idea about the spoken language.  Or
Alexandra Borgia, genitive of Alexandr Borgia, where the first word is
inflected but the second isn't.  I am hoping someone knows of relevant
literature or is willing to share a native or anyway fluent speaker's
knowledge with me.  Also and esp. knowledge of medieval Czech on this
point.  Thank you.

Please direct responses to manasterramer at gmail.com.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Czech (ces)

Language Family(ies): West Slavic



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